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The world feels pretty divided.

Currently, 81 % of both liberals and conservatives have unfavorable views towards those on the other side.

But is there actually a fundamental biological difference between liberals and conservatives?

On the surface, we can see some funny differences like conservatives like meat and potatoes more,

while liberals tend to like trying food from other cultures more.

In general, conservatives prefer purebred dogs while liberals prefer mixed breeds, and liberals are okay with free verse poetry while conservatives prefer it to rhyme.

But as we study more, we realize that the differences are much deeper.

When put through MRI brain scans, it turns out that liberals are more likely to have a larger anterior cingulate cortex,

which is associated with understanding and monitoring conflict, while conservatives have a larger right amygdala, which helps process fear and anxiety.

And that makes sense, given the years of research

that have shown people tend to become more conservative when they feel threatened or afraid.

After 9 -11, for example, the US became politically more conservative, with studies showing increased support for issues like national security and military spending.

But studies have also found that conservatives and liberals employ different cognitive styles.

Conservatives excel when it comes to more structured and organized problems or questions, whereas liberals tend to be more flexible

and less likely to commit errors with questions involving conflicting information and requiring fast reaction times.

One study looking at dorm rooms even found that, on average, conservative students' rooms were less messy than liberals.

But they also experienced pain in different ways, so much so that one study was able to predict who was liberal

or conservative just by viewing brain scans of them looking at graphic photos containing mutilations.

In this instance, liberal brains were more active in the S2 or somatosensory 2 region, which is normally activated when you're in pain,

but also when you see someone else suffering.

It's essentially scientific evidence for the bleeding heart liberal stereotype, which doesn't mean conservatives are uncaring, but that their minds just respond to graphic images differently.

In America, this can explain how

Democrats and Republicans perceive the world in fundamentally different ways.

It's difficult to grasp how someone on the other side of politics thinks

because we tend to overestimate the extent to which our opinions, beliefs and values are normal.

Psychologists refer to this as false consensus bias.

For example, if you heard Yanny in the Yanny vs. Laurel debate,

it may have felt that you were the normal one and it was insane that anyone could be hearing Laurel.

Apply this logic to politics and you can see why people have such polarizing ideas on issues like immigration,

abortion, gun rights, etc. But where do these differences come from?

One study revealed that genetics can account for around 30 -40 % of a person's political leanings.

Which may seem like a lot,

but there are still many other important factors like your environment and personal experiences which play massive roles in your politics.

Political neuroscience is a relatively new field of study with fascinating results, and in a world that's being increasingly characterized by its divisions,

perhaps an important aspect of unity involves using neuroscience to better understand each other's differences.

On a lighter note, space is a place where liberals and conservatives and nations all over the world come together,

and we actually just made a video where we tried out the latest space food that astronauts are eating right now.

Click here or the description to check it out.

Also, if you want even more science, we have a weekly science podcast, so subscribe to it.

The link is like down there, I think, and it's called Side Note.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Democrats vs Republicans - Which Brain is Better?”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: conservative, liberal, difference, study, tend. Questo video contiene 40 frasi e 619 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:22. Chi parla va veloce, circa 184 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
involve verbo	/ɪnˈvɑlv/	coinvolgere
graphic aggettivo	/ˈɡɹæfɪk/	grafico
scan verbo	/skæn/	scrutare
extent sostantivo	/ɪkˈstɛnt/	estensione
immigration sostantivo	/ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/	immigrazione
belief sostantivo	/bɪˈliːf/	credito, credenza
anxiety sostantivo	/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/	ansia, ansietà
refer verbo	/ɹɪˈfɜː/	riferire
suffer verbo	/ˈsʌfɚ/	soffrire, penare
reveal verbo	/ɹɪˈviːl/	rivelare, gettare la maschera
essentially avverbio	/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/	in essenza
aspect sostantivo	/ˈæspɛkt/	aspetto
whereas	/(h)wɛɹˈæz/	laddove, mentre
insane aggettivo	/ɪnˈseɪn/	insano, pazzo
poetry sostantivo	/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/	poesia

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
try out verbo	saggiare, collaudare
turn out verbo	risultare

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	is associated · is normally activated · being increasingly characterized
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	have shown · have also found
Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo	may have · may seem
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo	are uncaring · are eating

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, abortion /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: immigration /ˌɪmɪˈɡɹeɪʃən/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/, graphic /ˈɡɹæfɪk/, extent /ɪkˈstɛnt/, belief /bɪˈliːf/, aspect /ˈæspɛkt/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: graphic /ˈɡɹæfɪk/, scan /skæn/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, aspect /ˈæspɛkt/, whereas /(h)wɛɹˈæz/

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