| The political left rolls with the good and the political right confronts the bad: connecting physiology and cognition to preferences. | |
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PMID: 22271780 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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We report evidence that individual-level variation in people's physiological and attentional responses to aversive and appetitive stimuli are correlated with broad political orientations. Specifically, we find that greater orientation to aversive stimuli tends to be associated with right-of-centre and greater orientation to appetitive (pleasing) stimuli with left-of-centre political inclinations. These findings are consistent with recent evidence that political views are connected to physiological predispositions but are unique in incorporating findings on variation in directed attention that make it possible to understand additional aspects of the link between the physiological and the political. |
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Michael D Dodd; Amanda Balzer; Carly M Jacobs; Michael W Gruszczynski; Kevin B Smith; John R Hibbing |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Volume: 367 ISSN: 1471-2970 ISO Abbreviation: Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. Publication Date: 2012 Mar |
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Created Date: 2012-01-24 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503623 Medline TA: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 640-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, , Lincoln, USA. |
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