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

2. Social Cognition Adaptability Novelty Status Quo Stability
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
SILK
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