Study finds extreme left and far right more alike than they think

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By Stephen Beech

Political polar opposites may be more alike than they think, according to a new study.

Extreme liberals and far-right activists process political information similarly, say scientists.

American researchers found that the brains of politically extreme individuals - whether left- or right-leaning - appear to respond to and process political information in "surprisingly similar" ways.

Study co-author Professor Oriel Feldman Hall, of Brown University , said: “Both extreme liberals and extreme conservatives consumed the same political content, and even though they held vastly different beliefs, their brains appeared to process the information in a very similar manner.

“In contrast, moderates showed much more diverse