Anatomical differences in both the amygdala and ACC varied depending on a person’s economic and social ideology—which aren’t necessarily aligned—indicating that relationships between ...

Importantly, the association between political ideology and behaviour was significant in nations characterized by higher wealth, stronger rule of law and better government effectiveness. We discuss ...

Released in 2014, here is Werner Bonefeld's seminal book on critical theory and the critique of political economy. Bonefeld originally studied with Johannes Agnoli and was a founder of the Open ...

The brains of politically extreme individuals, whether left- or right-leaning, appear to respond to and process political information in surprisingly similar ways, according to research published in ...

While focusing on the concept of liberty, this article produces a dialogue between the Talmud and western political theory, and thus expands the canon of political thought. Equipped with three ...

Party identification and ideology While the electorate overall is nearly equally divided between those who align with the Republican and Democratic parties, a greater share of registered voters say ...

The scientists also found that there is no relationship between another brain area - the anterior cingulate cortex - and ideology, something that the original study did find. Difference of a ...

• Dave Brichoux is a lecturer at the University of Kansas’ Political Science Department who focuses on teaching American politics, public opinion and political theory.