Declaring something over doesn’t make it so… but that’s what a guy who lies on average six times a day believes.
These findings are important because they suggest that impaired functioning in the prefrontal cortex—whether from brain trauma, a psychological disorder, a drug or alcohol addiction, or simply a particular genetic profile—can make an individual susceptible to religious fundamentalism. And perhaps in other cases, extreme religious indoctrination harms the development or proper functioning of the prefrontal regions in a way that hinders cognitive flexibility and openness.
A 2016 survey study of 406 American adults published this year in the journal Personality and Individual Differences found that those who scored high on both Social dominance orientation (SDO) and authoritarianism were those who intended to vote for Trump in the election.
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