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The Brains of Liberals
A recent study at New York University that compared the brain activity of self-proclaimed liberals and self-proclaimed conservatives showed that liberals have greater neural brain activity associated with complex mental functions.
This suggests a greater ability of liberals to "monitor complex information," which in turn is associated with more readily accepting new social, scientific and spiritual concepts.
Possibly not unrelated, according to the Lear Center, liberals are more likely than conservatives to consider radio and TV programming "with which they philosophically disagree." Twenty-two percent of conservatives say they "never" expose themselves to political views they disagree with.
Could this explain why the most creative and productive thinkers in the arts and sciences tend to be socially liberal?
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