Political Ideology

1. Decisions Political Ideology Political Ideology Social Cognition Social Cognition Neurobiology Neurobiology

2. Left Wing - Liberal Right Wing - Conservative • Adaptability • Novelty • Status Quo • Stability Social Cognition

3. Decisions Political Ideology Social Cognition Neurobiology Anxiety

4. Neuroplasticity - Depression • Size of brain areas • Inhibit stress - Hippocampus • Smaller • Stimulate stress – Amygdala • Bigger

5. Kanai 11 • Brain regions vs political ideology • “1 to 5?” • 1 = very liberal • 5 = very conservative

6. Liberal Conservative • Anterior Cingulate • Anterior Cingulate Kanai 11

7. Conflict Identification – ACC? Go / No-Go ERN Dipole modeling analyses placed the source of the No–Go N2 component in the dorsal ACC, near the ACC source identified for the ERN component reported in the main text. Amodio 07

8. Activation and Anxiety - ACC ACC activation Less More Anxiety (Attend Face angry- Attend Face neutral) - (Attend Scene angry– Attend Scene neutral) Klumpp 11

9. Activation and Anxiety - ACC ACC activation Less More Anxiety (Attend Face angry- Attend Face neutral) - (Attend Scene angry– Attend Scene neutral) Klumpp 11

10. Rodent – Anxiety - ACC EPM FST Bissiere 06

11. Rodent – Anxiety - ACC Bissiere 06

12. Rodent – Anxiety - ACC Rodent ACC – connected to BLA BUT… Lesion of the BLA doesn’t affect EPM Bissiere 06

13. Tye 11

14. Baso- Lateral Central GABA NA GABA CHILLED! Tye 11

15. Baso- Lateral Central GABA NA GABA CHILLED! Tye 11

16. Liberal Conservative • Amygdala • Amygdala Kanai 11

17. C.S. “focal bilateral amygdala lesions caused by calcium deposits due to lipoid proteinosis (also known as Urbach-Wiethe disease), a rare congenital genetic disorder” Feinstein 11

18. C.S. Feinstein 11

19. Kanai 11

20. 2008 election - county Area Population Density Houston San Antonio Dallas O.C.

21. Nili 10