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db2@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There are several studies that clearly show political conservatism is legit brain damage. It’s insidious too because their afraid of everything including admitting they have a problem so they never get help.

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Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Are you talking about the one showing conservatives tend to have an underdeveloped sense of empathy, or are there other studies?

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- db2@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That’s part of it, also their brains have actual scar tissue and they have enlarged amygdalae so they’re in a constant state of fear.
  
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  - cheesebag@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    db2@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5793824/
    
    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092984/
    
    royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/…/rstb.2020.0137
    
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    objectionist@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    related, but not the source we’re looking for www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092984/
    
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