The Politics of Risk

The side of the brain people use when making risky decisions predicts to which political party they belong ~ with 82.9% accuracy. Specifically, "Democrats showed significantly greater activity in the left insula, a region associated with social and self-awareness. Meanwhile Republicans showed significantly greater activity in the right amygdala, a region involved in the body's fight-or-flight system": http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130213173131.htm