In this article: http://www.drpsyche.com/2007/10/01/liberal-brain-conservative-brain/ "The correct and incorrect responses were tallied, and it was found that those who had identified themselves as “strongly liberal” had a strong tendency to perform better on this test than those who identified themselves as “strongly conservative”. Also, the more “liberal” participants tended to have a higher degree of excitation in the dorsal anterior cingulate when presented with the less-frequent letter. This would suggest that liberals “noticed” the unusual letter more strongly than conservatives." and this one: http://hootsbuddy.blogspot.com/2007/09/conservative-brain-liberal-brain.html "Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be more structured and persistent in their judgments whereas liberals are more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.The results show "there are two cognitive styles -- a liberal style and a conservative style," said UCLA neurologist Dr. Marco Iacoboni, who was not connected to the latest research."

no. until the fairly recent past there use to be dialogue amongst the parties. the republican scorched-earth strategy started with the goldwater defeat in '64, worked its way though the Regean Revolution and culminated in the Rove/Bush/Cheney, et al dual "victories". as a somewhat active democrat i hope that civility can be restored to the process.

"Our two minds .... One is an act of the emotional mind, the other of the rational mind. In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels" (Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 1996, page 8). This rational mind is also called the faculty of logic and reason. The Upanishads say that these two are opposite in nature. Modern psychologist also have observed it, but they are not very sure about it: "At the same time, reason sometimes clearly seems to come into conflict with some desires (even while not being in conflict with others) giving us the impression that reason is separate from emotion". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason The Emotional mind is connected with conservative style. The rational mind is connected with liberal style. However, the logic followed by the rational mind has limitations. Large number of lawyers in the world thrive because of this limitation. In the 1930s, Austrian mathematician Godel proved a theorem which became the "Godel theorem" in cognition theory. It states that any formalized 'logical' system in principle cannot be complete in itself. It means that a statement can always be found that can be neither disproved nor proved using the means of that particular system. To discuss about such a statement, one must go beyond that very logic system; otherwise nothing but a vicious circle will result. Psychologist say that any experience is contingent - it's opposite is logically possible and hence should not be treated as contradictory. http://www.search.com/search?q=godel+incompleteness+theorem That is why conservatives tend to be more structured and persistent in their judgments, whereas liberals are more open to new arguments. Emotional mind is connected with Homeostasis and rational mind is connected with the law of deviation of Homeostasis. A living being requires adaptation to the changing conditions of external and internal environment. French physiologist Claude Bernard proposed the law of Homeostasis which states that constancy (or stability) of internal environment is a necessary condition for a living being. It uses its internal autonomous regulation systems to accomplish this task. It may be noted here that the very logic of 'constancy' prohibits development with time required for a living being. In feedback control systems of Electrical Engineering, existence of a negative component is a must, and it is used as feedback to obtain automatic control of a system. Accordingly, development (or growth) should be called a 'disturbance' (or deviation) of constancy, and it is programmed in the genes of a living being for continuation of the species. The law of deviation of Homeostasis was developed in 1979 by Soviet physiologist Vladimir M. Dilman. [V.M. Dilman, The Grand Biological Clock, Mir Publishers, Moscow, 1989, p. 69 - 71]. http://www.search.com/search?q=Homeostasis http://www.vrp.com/articles.aspx?ProdID=art1646&zTYPE=2 http://www.vitaminresearchproducts.com/art/537.asp http://www.search.com/search?q=law+of+deviation+of+Homeostasis Visit my blog for more information: http://profvsprasad.blog.com/