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Toward a neuropsychology of political orientation: exploring ideology in patients with frontal and midbrain lesions (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 2 points 4 months ago

The POTUS himself displays clear signs of fronto-temporal dementia.

That form of dementia often turns the sufferer callous, aggressive and lacking empathy. Unsurprisingly, those are very common traits among conservatives.

My own experience dealing with my father when he had fronto-temporal dementia totally matches this study's findings.