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The “chicken-and-egg” problem in political neuroscience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2014

John T. Jost ,
Sharareh Noorbaloochi  and
Jay J. Van Bavel
John T. Jost
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003. john.jost@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/ noorbaloochi@nyu.edu jay.vanbavel@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/vanbavel/
Sharareh Noorbaloochi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003. john.jost@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/ noorbaloochi@nyu.edu jay.vanbavel@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/vanbavel/
Jay J. Van Bavel
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003. john.jost@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/jost/ noorbaloochi@nyu.edu jay.vanbavel@nyu.edu www.psych.nyu.edu/vanbavel/
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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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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , June 2014 , pp. 317 - 318
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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