Post by the Scribe on Mar 1, 2021 21:35:09 GMT
The Neurobiology of Political Belief
Inside Science
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(Inside Science) -- What are your political beliefs? And did you know they’re affecting your behavior? Take language as an example, Republicans and Democrats tend to use different kinds of words. Dedicated researchers went through 923,758 tweets to figure that out, and they found -- amongst other things -- that Republicans reference religion more, Democrats swear more, and Democrats use more unique pronouns, whilst Republicans use more group identity pronouns.
But it’s crazy to think our complex, highly personal political ideologies could be down to some of our most basic shared instincts … right?