Study among Dutch people adds nuance to link between brain structure and ideology
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For a long time, the claim has been made that the brains of conservative people are different than those of progressives. Using MRI scans of almost 1,000 Dutch people, researchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) show that there is indeed a connection between brain structure and ideology. However, the connection is smaller than expected. Nevertheless, the researchers find it remarkable that differences in the brain are linked to something as abstract as ideology.
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Original Title: The connection between brain structure and ideology: MRI scans of 975 Dutch individuals aged 19 to 26 found that conservative people’s amygdalas are slightly larger (by the size of one sesame seed out of 157), though the difference is smaller than expected