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The Ideological Brain

by Leor Zmigrod

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · March 10, 2025

How political ideology affects the brain

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A study of how political ideology affects the makeup and shape of the brain, finding that those on the political extremes and those with the most dogmatic beliefs display greater cognitive rigidity.

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