News tagged with political attitudes


Understanding personality for decision-making, longevity, and mental health

Extraversion does not just explain differences between how people act at social events. How extraverted you are may influence how the brain makes choices – specifically whether you choose an immediate or delayed reward, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Parenting and temperament in childhood predict later political ideology

Political mindsets are the product of an individual's upbringing, life experiences, and environment. But are there specific experiences that lead a person to choose one political ideology over another?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New evidence that many genes of small effect influence economic decisions and political attitudes

Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people's political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences toward environmental policy and financial risk taking – but most associations ...

Genetics created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Outsiders on the front lines

Women have a long history of protesting war, but anti-war protest by women who've served as soldiers is a relatively new phenomenon. While there's a growing rate of women serving in western militaries (with some women in ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0