Are Political Views Hard-Wired in the Brain?

By Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD

There is still a big gap in our knowledge between fixation of memories in the brain and fixed political views, but we know when experiences are embedded in long-term memory, thick protein bridges between the neurons “solidify” the circuits.

Yesterday, I had a three-hour lunch with B, a long-lost friend. We reminisced, laughed a lot…