Instincts And Attitudes
I have been speculating before, that different conscious attitudes are a representation of individual subconscious differences in the strength of instincts. The difference between the cognitive affinity to either right wing and conservative or left wing and liberal politics could be connected with the hierarchy instinct and the ingroup-outgroup instinct.
This is speculation but the following research is an interesting indication of some differences in the brain:
I have been speculating before, that different conscious attitudes are a representation of individual subconscious differences in the strength of instincts. The difference between the cognitive affinity to either right wing and conservative or left wing and liberal politics could be connected with the hierarchy instinct and the ingroup-outgroup instinct.
This is speculation but the following research is an interesting indication of some differences in the brain:
http://www.livescience.com/18056-conservatives-liberals-biology-threats.html
"But researchers at the University of Nebraska and elsewhere have been uncovering a series of clues suggesting that political preference is somewhat influenced by biology."
"These differences are at the level of reflexes and rely on extremely basic brain processes such as attention. Although the researchers can't prove that biology influences political beliefs and not the other way around, Dodd said there's good reason to believe that biology comes first and beliefs second."
