TY - JOUR
T1 - The deeper sources of political conflict
T2 - Evidence from the psychological, cognitive, and neuro-sciences
AU - Hibbing, John R.
AU - Smith, Kevin B.
AU - Peterson, Johnathan C.
AU - Feher, Balazs
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Science Foundation grant BCS-08-26828.
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Political disputes ruin family reunions, scuttle policy initiatives, and spur violence and even terrorism. We summarize recent research indicating that the source of political differences can be found in biologically instantiated and often subthreshold predispositions as reflected in physiological, cognitive, and neural patterns that incline some people toward innovation and others toward conservatism. These findings suggest the need to revise traditional views that maintain that political opinions are the product of rational, conscious, socialized thought.
AB - Political disputes ruin family reunions, scuttle policy initiatives, and spur violence and even terrorism. We summarize recent research indicating that the source of political differences can be found in biologically instantiated and often subthreshold predispositions as reflected in physiological, cognitive, and neural patterns that incline some people toward innovation and others toward conservatism. These findings suggest the need to revise traditional views that maintain that political opinions are the product of rational, conscious, socialized thought.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tics.2013.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.tics.2013.12.010
M3 - Comment/debate
C2 - 24576690
AN - SCOPUS:84894302555
SN - 1364-6613
VL - 18
SP - 111
EP - 113
JO - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
JF - Trends in Cognitive Sciences
IS - 3
ER -