Toni Aittoniemi<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@SnowshadowII" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SnowshadowII</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://beige.party/@Sir_Osis_of_Liver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sir_Osis_of_Liver</span></a></span> An increased sensitivity to fear & threats has been found to correlate with conservative politics.</p><p>The correlation is surprisingly strong, 0.2 to 0.3.</p><p>Brain structure scans and neuropsychology validate these findings.</p><p>Here is a huge meta-analysis of the topic with over 200 references:<br><a href="https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/1/3/pgac066/6590843" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/art</span><span class="invisible">icle/1/3/pgac066/6590843</span></a></p><p>Some easier ones:<br><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18801995/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/188019</span><span class="invisible">95/</span></a><br><a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(11)00289-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cell.com/current-biology/fullt</span><span class="invisible">ext/S0960-9822(11)00289-2</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> is their solution to fear</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/politicalneurophysiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalneurophysiology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a></p>