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    I read the abstract of the referenced article, this entire image is Conservative nonsense. The study did not find that liberals had an “atrophied” amygdala. It showed that conservatives have an enlarged right amygdala, due to their overpreparedness for a fear response.Meanwhile, the study found that liberal had a larger anterior cingulate cortex, which is an area of the brain commonly associated with empathy and other higher-order processes like decision-making.

    The study provides support for conservatives being scared piss babies who are overly terrified of the world, whereas liberals are empathetic and make better decisions. The fact that this idiot made the entirely wrong conclusion is almost as incredible as it is sad.

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      That may be because OP had an agenda to push whatever the means, or simply is conservative.
      BTW, anybody remembers some other studies similar to this, used to show how certain demographics were basically worse in a biological/genetic sense? Something around 1920-'30…

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        Phrenology was the pseudoscience that was used to enforce the ideology that white people were superior by looking at the inside of a skull and measuring certain areas and using those measurements to justify racism

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        Look, psychology in the early 20th century was an absolute mess. There’s a reason we now have stuff like ethics boards, and strict constraints on the kind of studies that can be run.

        Before that psychology was pure mad science.

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      Yep, there are several studies researching this in various ways. An important thing to point out is that those two portions of the brains are inversely correlated without affecting other portions of the brain like the frontal cortex. So a person can be a good doctor or scientist and also be conservative. So conservatives have high fear responses to people who are different and lack empathy while left leaning people have less fear and increased empathy. Studies also show that brains develop to have an oversized amygdala when they have physical or emotional abuse as growing up or if they have severe lack of resources.

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      It’s like reading the Muller report, or for that matter, the constitution. Pro-Tip: it helps if you don’t bother to read it at all. That way you can pretend it says whatever you want it to say! Oh yeah, the Bible too - “the worker deserves their wages; don’t be a Karen; nor a pedophile either; be not afraid and instead be kind to everyone you meet, etc.”

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        yeah, that’s very standard. lotta universities have requirements on undergrads participating in studies. that’s why you often see them as the subjects.

        It’s certainly fair to criticize, and it would be interesting to see if the study’s findings hold true for a broader population, but finding test subjects is tough. you take what you can get.

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      Yes, cowards with engorged amygdalas that make them fear everything and everyone unlike themselves.

      Quite literally a fear boner.

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        No, I mean, they idealise their irrational fear all the time. What’s novel is going to great lengths to spell out that being afraid makes them better.

        He’s fooling nobody with his half-hearted “stress” response dodge 😂

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          He’s fooling nobody with his half-hearted “stress” response dodge 😂

          Other conservatives are eating that shit up, so at least some people are fooled…

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            I meant nobody who isn’t already a member of the cult, but good point.

            Btw, this is very old knowledge. I posted a study about this to a political shitposting Facebook group over a decade ago to make fun of how conservatism is an irrational fear response and they basically said that the study must be wrong because everyone ELSE is the one who’s scared, not them!

            Fast forward several years and they’re using the same study that was old even back then to promote themselves like some weird distortion of the “greed is good” Gordon Gekko bullshit 😂

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              What’s funny? They’re not wrong about the world being scary. But the reason the world is scary is… these idiots…

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                What’s funny is that the same people who pretend to be ultra-rugged world-conquerors get all panicky if someone’s immigration papers aren’t in order or if someone’s sexuality and/or gender expression don’t match up with their 1850s norms 😂

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                  like I said… they’re a large part of why the world is scary.

                  when they get scared they get violent and shoot places up.

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            Stupid people believe stupid things.

            One might ask themselves, however, if an intelligent person would be prepared for the dumb, panicky animals with a fetish for violence and a shared delusion of persecution to do some violent things.

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    “Lefties aren’t scared enough about real world issues like what happens when boys kiss. It’s due to their diminished amygdala.”

    Lefties gesture to entire planet on fire.

    “Typical leftist fear mongering!”

    Remember folks, it’s not conservatives’ fault they deny climate change, they’re biologically predisposed to be too afraid to handle it.

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      Conservatives maybe physically diffrent, but also being physically predisposed doesn’t mean you get to harm everyone in asking for accommodation.

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        Who there, commie! There’s just one God and his only job is to kiss my forehead and pat my hair and tell me I’m a good boy and everything is His plan and it’s all going to be safe and okay and I’ll get to live with him in Cozytown before everything is destroyed.

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    Interesting. Has anyone thought to compare the abnormality to heightened levels of lead in the environment.

    Edit: Also, what the fuck is suppose to be scary about immigration? Please don’t try to conserve-splain it to me either.

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      Because immigrants are the other. It’s fear of people who are different, worrying they will change how you live your life.

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      Because following the laws regarding seeking asylum is illegal.

      Yeah, maybe it’ll make more sense if you listen to it directly from them. (Hint: no, it actually won’t.)

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      disclaimer: i do not believe these arguments, im just giving context!!!

      destroying white culture, increased crime rate, threat of white people being a minority (which is bad), race-mixing…

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      When you have an enlarged amygdala, everything is scary. Ask any conservative what they fear most and they will never finish.

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    Stimuli also causes certain parts of the brain to become more dominant. A smaller amygdala means everything else gets more resources.

    A larger amygdala means the fear response is so constant that it takes up more resources and makes everything else smaller.

    This is basic neurological science. Similar studies of redistribution of resources have been made on blind and deaf people.