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Political liberals are more likely to remember their dreams than conservatives. 
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From brain scans we can conclude that politicians of a different ideology live in different worlds. This is relevant since it significantly hinders a unified policy. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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A new analysis of polling data taken over 36 years reveals that Americans who self-identify as conservative distrust science more now than anytime since 1974. Sociologists explain the results by saying our political and scientific culture has changed dramatically in the last few decades. Conservatives, for whatever reason, have come to define themselves against the grain of 'intellectual elitism'.
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In March, Haidt will publish The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion (Pantheon). By laying out the science of morality—how it binds people into "groupish righteousness" and blinds them to their own biases—he hopes to drain some vitriol from public debate and enable conversations across ideological divides.
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May 5, 2014 9:30 PM
The legalizing of gay marriage is a big issue that is still giving many issues to many of the states of the US. Some of the states have easily agreed to allow gay marriage while others are refusing to let that happen because it goes against everything they believe or have been taught. Mixing religion with politics is not a good thing because it leads to lawsuits that no one has the time or the money to spend on.
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Here is a list of peer reviewed papers that I’ve found that only discuss liberal-conservative differences in brain structure and function, in physiology, or in the kinds of stimuli that attract attention. And of course this is only one small area of research on liberal-conservative differences.
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When presented with the same set of facts, how can both sides feel so certain that they are correct?
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Fighting ability, largely determined by upper body strength, continues to rule the minds of modern men, according to a new study by Aaron Sell from Griffith University in Australia and colleagues.
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Passersby who stopped to answer surveys taken next to churches in the Netherlands and England reported themselves as more politically conservative and more negative toward non-Christians than did people questioned within sight of government buildings — a finding that may be significant when it comes to voting, according to a Baylor University study.
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From cable TV news pundits to red-meat speeches in Iowa and New Hampshire, our nation's deep political stereotypes are on full display: Conservatives paint self-indulgent liberals as insufferably absent on urgent national issues, while liberals say...
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