Post by midcan5 on Dec 29, 2009 6:56:59 GMT -5
By Benedict Carey
"Researchers have long known that political decisions are strongly influenced by unconscious emotional reactions, a fact routinely exploited by campaign consultants and advertisers. But the new research suggests that for partisans, political thinking is often predominantly emotional."
www.nytimes.com/2006/01/24/science/24find.html