A recent replication study published in iScience01757-7) has confirmed previous findings that political ideology is ...

“The fusiform gyrus is key in recognizing and processing faces and facial expressions, allowing for appropriate interactions in a social environment,” they wrote. “The insula plays an ...

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The researchers then extended their analysis to find connections between ideology and other brain areas. For example, they found a connection between the volume of the right fusiform gyrus, an area of ...

The study also explored other brain regions, finding hints of a relationship between ideology and the fusiform gyrus, an area involved in face and object recognition. However, these results were not ...

This analysis uncovered a positive association between the gray matter volume in the right fusiform gyrus, a region in the temporal lobe that is essential for visual and cognitive functions, and ...

(Credit: Petropoulos Petalas et al./iScience) The study also broke new ground by examining other brain regions. Intriguingly, they found hints of a relationship between ideology and the fusiform gyrus ...

Research in the Netherlands has suggested the brains of Conservatives are a different shape to that of Left-wingers.

This analysis uncovered a positive association between the gray matter volume in the right fusiform gyrus, a region in the temporal lobe that is essential for visual and cognitive functions ...

They did, however, uncover something new – a positive association between gray matter in the right fusiform gyrus and conservative social and economic values. MRI studies like this can only ...