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<< Political beliefs are like religious beliefs in the respect that both are part of who you are and important for the social circle to which you belong >> Jonas Kaplan.
Emily Gersema. Which brain networks respond when someone sticks to a belief? Dec. 23, 2016.
http://news.usc.edu/114481/which-brain-networks-respond-when-someone-sticks-to-a-belief/
Jonas T. Kaplan, Sarah I. Gimbel, Sam Harris. Neural correlates of maintaining one's political beliefs in the face of counterevidence. Nature. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 39589 (2016). doi :10.1038/srep39589