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The causes in the light of brain research
# Conservatives are more afraid<ref>[http://www.talyaron.com/wiki/index.php?title=Political_Attitudes_Vary_with_Physiological_Traits,_science_2008 Political Attitudes Vary with Physiological Traits, science 2008]</ref>.
# Conservatives have heightened sensitivity for detecting emotional faces and use emotion more effectively when campaigning. As the left face displays emotion more prominently<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567166 Thomas NA et al., Right-wing politicians prefer the emotional left, 2012</ref>
# Why fear inhibit learning?
# The mechanism - Its understanding is still lacking.