I gleaned this from Wonkette, quoting from the New York Daily News:
POLITICAL PSEUDOSCIENCE? UCLA neuroscientists have been studying what seem to be actual physiological differences between the brains of Republicans and Democrats.
Rolling Stone reports that when the UCLA study started in the spring, researchers noted that the amygdala - an almond-size region of the brain associated with strong emotions such as compassion and fear - went wild in Democrats when they viewed President Bush's 9/11 television commercials. But Republicans showed barely any amygdala activity.
"It's certainly not that they don't care," said psychiatrist Joshua Freedman, but their lack of response may just reflect their world-view: "The world is a dangerous place, terrible things happen, and you have to be strong."
By August, however, Republican amygdalas began firing at the sight of smoldering Ground Zero scenes. Neurologist Marco Iacoboni explained it doesn't necessarily mean Republicans were going soft: "It's possible they now fear the election, or feel they may lose the White House."
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