The characteristics of peoples’ brains might offer clues about the political beliefs they hold dear. In a study of around 350 US citizens, we examined the relationship between individuals’ cognitive traits—the unconscious ways in which their brains learn and process information from the environment—and their ideological worldviews. We found parallels between how those with extreme […]
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Faster walkers ‘have healthier minds’
The poet William Blake did it dreamily, psychiatrist Sigmund Freud languidly, and physicist Albert Einstein almost religiously. Of all human activities few are so readily credited with enhancing the power of the mind as going for a good walk. However, those who assume that strolling along at a gentle pace is the hallmark of superior […]