January 27th, 2006

Political bias affects brain activity, study finds

Democrats and Republicans both adept at ignoring facts, brain scans show.

Then, with their minds made up, brain activity ceased in the areas that deal with negative emotions such as disgust. But activity spiked in the circuits involved in reward, a response similar to what addicts experience when they get a fix … The study points to a total lack of reason in political decision-making. 

“…because god made it so,” says the Kansas school board.