The role of negativity bias in political judgment : a cultural neuroscience perspective

• Main Authors: Pornpattananangkul, Narun, Cheon, Bobby Kyungbeom, Chiao, Joan Y.
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology::Neurobiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101150; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24137
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hibbing et al. provide a comprehensive overview of how being susceptible to heightened sensitivity to threat may lead to conservative ideologies. Yet, an emerging literature in social and cultural neuroscience shows the importance of genetic and cultural factors on negativity biases. Promising avenu...