Authoritarian attitudes linked to altered brain anatomy 🧠🔍. Young adults with right-wing authoritarianism had less gray matter volume in the region involved in social reasoning. Left-wing authoritarianism was linked to reduced cortical thickness in brain area tied to empathy and emotion regulation.
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Authoritarian attitudes linked to altered brain anatomy, neuroscientists reveal
Neuroscientists have uncovered distinct brain structure patterns linked to authoritarian beliefs on both sides of the political spectrum.
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Brain scans of 800 incarcerated men link psychopathy to an expanded cortical surface area Read Full Article #Psychopathy #BrainImaging #NeuroscienceResearch
🧠 New research on 804 incarcerated men reveals a link between high psychopathy and specific brain structures: expanded surface area and a compressed organizational layout of brain tissue.
🧠 The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found that interpersonal/affective psychopathic traits correlated with lower empathic concern, while antisocial/lifestyle traits were linked to impaired perspective-taking.
🧠 Researchers observed that men scoring high for psychopathy had increased total brain surface area, particularly in regions for social and emotional processing, directly contrasting some previous studies reporting reduced brain volume.
🧠 A compressed structural gradient was also noted, indicating reduced differentiation between the brain's sensory and processing centers, a pattern also seen in schizophrenia and depression.
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🧠 The study, published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science, found that interpersonal/affective psychopathic traits correlated with lower empathic concern, while antisocial/lifestyle traits were linked to impaired perspective-taking.
🧠 Researchers observed that men scoring high for psychopathy had increased total brain surface area, particularly in regions for social and emotional processing, directly contrasting some previous studies reporting reduced brain volume.
🧠 A compressed structural gradient was also noted, indicating reduced differentiation between the brain's sensory and processing centers, a pattern also seen in schizophrenia and depression.
#PsychopathyResearch #Neuroscience #BrainAnatomy
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