Interest in politics modulates neural activity in the amygdala and ventral striatum.

Journal article

Studies on political participation have found that a person's interest in politics contributes to the likelihood that he or she will be involved in the political process. Here, we looked at whether or not interest in politics affects patterns of brain activity when individuals think about political matters. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we scanned individuals (either interested or uninterested in politics based on a self-report questionnaire) while they were expressing t...

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Authors: Gozzi, M; Zamboni, G; Krueger, F; Grafman, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Human brain mapping
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 11
• Pages: 1763-1771
• Publication date: 2010-11-01
• DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20976
• EISSN: 1097-0193
• ISSN: 1065-9471
• Language: English
• Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Female; Humans; Questionnaires; Brain Mapping; Basal Ganglia; Thinking; Linear Models; Emotions; Adult; Male; Politics; Amygdala; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Analysis of Variance