With like 15 minutes of training a random person can tell your political leaning with over 80% accuracy off a brain MRI
Pretty sure you commented before I realized and edited in the bit about an MRI…
But the training is just pointing at those two areas and saying when the amygdala is larger than average, it’s a conservative. And when the prefrontal cortex is larger, they’re progressive.
But like OP is saying, the brain retains plasticity well into old age and can adapt and change.
My favorite example is the area responsible for navigation drastically increases before studying begins for the London Taxi test and after certification. Even for the oldest drivers in their 50s and 60s.
When applied to politics it means no one is written off for good. It takes work, but people can change. For the better but also for the worse.
Pretty sure you commented before I realized and edited in the bit about an MRI…
But the training is just pointing at those two areas and saying when the amygdala is larger than average, it’s a conservative. And when the prefrontal cortex is larger, they’re progressive.
But like OP is saying, the brain retains plasticity well into old age and can adapt and change.
My favorite example is the area responsible for navigation drastically increases before studying begins for the London Taxi test and after certification. Even for the oldest drivers in their 50s and 60s.
When applied to politics it means no one is written off for good. It takes work, but people can change. For the better but also for the worse.
Assuming this is true, as a progressive with worthless executive function and a raging anxiety disorder, I feel like I may be an exception.