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How is Political Temperment Determined?

How is Political Temperment Determined?

Update: 2012-03-22
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Could biological factors influence whether we are liberal or conservative in our views? What can cognition - or, the way the brain processes information tell us about our behavior? What is the gaze-cueing effect? Cognitive Psychologist Dr. Mike Dodd had an experiment in collaboration with Political Scientists John Hibbing and Kevin Smith to get to the bottom of it.
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How is Political Temperment Determined?

How is Political Temperment Determined?

Alex Epperson