|
|
Article: Study: leanings to red or blue might be in our blood.(Front)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
By Denise Gellene
Los Angeles Times
Die-hard liberals and conservatives aren't made, they're born. It's literally in their DNA.
That's the suggestion of a study by a group of researchers who wanted to see if there was a biological basis for people's political attitudes.
They found to their surprise that opinions on contentious issues such as gun control, pacifism and capital punishment are strongly associated with physiological traits that are probably present at birth.
The key is the differing levels of fear that people naturally feel.
"What is revolutionary about this paper is that it shows the path from genes to ...