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. 2014 Jun;37(3):317-8.
doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13002616.

The "chicken-and-egg" problem in political neuroscience

John T Jost  1 , Sharareh Noorbaloochi  1 , Jay J Van Bavel  1
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The "chicken-and-egg" problem in political neuroscience

John T Jost et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun.

Abstract

A comprehensive review by Hibbing et al. establishes close links between physiological and psychological responses and ideological preferences. However, existing research cannot resolve the "chicken-and-egg problem" in political neuroscience: Which is cause and which is effect? We consider the possibility, which they reject, that general ideological postures, if consistently adopted, could shape psychological and physiological functioning.

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