Neuropolitics of Liberals & Conservatives (& why its fMRI Trash)

In this video, I look at research in neuroscience that tries to explain what drives the political beliefs of conservatives and liberals. While neuropolitics is an exciting new field, there is much to be skeptical of. Some have even called it fMRI trash. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Sources: Satel, Sally, Lilienfeld, Scott, Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience This is Your Brain on Politics, NYTimes, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/opinion/11freedman.html Andrea Kuszewski, Your Brain on Politics The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives, http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/09/07/your-brain-on-politics-the-cognitive-neuroscience-of-liberals-and-conservatives/ Slaby, Jan, Neuroscience and Politics: Don’t hold your breath, https://www.e-ir.info/2015/05/08/neuroscience-and-politics-do-not-hold-your-breath/ Abi-Rached, Joelle M. “The Implications of the New Brain Sciences. The ‘Decade of the Brain’ Is over but Its Effects Are Now Becoming Visible as Neuropolitics and Neuroethics, and in the Emergence of Neuroeconomies.” EMBO Reports 9.12 (2008): 1158–1162. PMC. Web. 17 Sept. 2018. Ronnie Janoff-Bulman (2009) To Provide or Protect: Motivational Bases of Political Liberalism and Conservatism, Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory, 20:2-3, 120-128, DOI: 10.1080/10478400903028581 De Vos, Jan, The Metamorphosis of the Brain: Neurologisation and its Discontents Paul R. Nail, Ian McGregor, April E. Drinkwater, Garrett M. Steele, Anthony W. Thompson, Threat causes liberals to think like conservatives, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Volume 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 901-907, ISSN 0022-1031, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2009.04.013. Credits: Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Music: Is That You or Are You You by Chris Zabriskie (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/Reappear/04_-_Is_That_You_or_Are_You_You) Creative Commons 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/