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Conservatives have greater self-control; liberals reject responsibility and free will

Conservatives have greater self-control; liberals reject responsibility and free will A newly published study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says that conservatives tend to be more able to exert self-control than liberals, which is one reason why they might be better dieters. As reported by the Los Angeles Times, researchers believe they have discovered a link between the ability to be more self-controlled and an individual’s political ideology. In a series of three studies involving more than 300 participants, the authors found that those who identify themselves as conservative perform better on self-control tests than other participants… View Article