Justin Mohn, a 32-year-old Pennsylvania man, is in police custody after allegedly murdering and decapitating his father, claiming the latter was a "federal employee" and a "traitor." Before his arrest, Mohn posted a 14-minute video to YouTube in which he displayed his father's severed head, proclaiming: "This is the head of Mike Mohn, a federal

Justin Mohn, a 32-year-old Pennsylvania man, is in police custody after allegedly murdering and decapitating his father, claiming the latter was a “federal employee” and a “traitor.” Before his arrest, Mohn posted a 14-minute video to YouTube in which he displayed his father’s severed head, proclaiming: "This is the head of Mike Mohn, a federal

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Fortunately for those of us who don’t have a background in psychology: the folks who are experts tend to publish their findings!

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092984/

    Highlights:

    Political liberalism and conservatism were correlated with brain structure

    Liberalism was associated with the gray matter volume of anterior cingulate cortex

    Conservatism was associated with increased right amygdala size

    So what do those parts do…

    Anterior cingulate cortex: error detection, anticipation of tasks, attention, motivation, and modulation of emotional responses

    Amygdala: formation and storage of memories associated with emotional events / emotional learning; fear conditioning.

    …so, yeah conservatives are literally, physiologically hypersensitive to fear, and more prone to acting on emotion. WHO’DA THUNK?!?