Neurocognitive correlates of liberalism and conservatism
- 9 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Neuroscience
- Vol. 10 (10), 1246-1247
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1979
Abstract
Political scientists and psychologists have noted that, on average, conservatives show more structured and persistent cognitive styles, whereas liberals are more responsive to informational complexity, ambiguity and novelty. We tested the hypothesis that these profiles relate to differences in general neurocognitive functioning using event-related potentials, and found that greater liberalism was associated with stronger conflict-related anterior cingulate activity, suggesting greater neurocognitive sensitivity to cues for altering a habitual response pattern.Keywords
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