In a study about political attitudes and opinions during the 2004 presidential election, researchers used brain imaging to examine what happened in the brain when participants listened to positive or negative statements about the candidate of their choice. They found that most affected were those areas of the brain associated with

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DThe study found that areas of the brain associated with emotion and mood were most affected when participants listened to positive or negative statements about their preferred candidate. This suggests that political attitudes and opinions may be more closely linked to emotional and mood-related processes than to reasoning or speech processes.

In a Study About Political Attitudes and Opinions During the 2004