TY  - CHAP
AB  - AbstractPurpose – Acknowledging that the field of neuroscience is expanding rapidly and the implication of recent neuroscientific advances on the study of politics is equally vast, this chapter will focus primarily on three key areas of convergence that have influenced the direction of neuropolitics: first, decision-making (emotions, preferences, and voting behavior); second, research on in-group/out-group relations, such as coalitional groupings and discrimination and prejudice; and, third, the rise of neuroeconomics.Approach – This chapter is concerned with the intersection of political science and neuroscience and discusses how recent technological and theoretical developments in the latter are greatly contributing to the field of neuropolitics.Findings – The insights generated by neuroscience permit the study of politics to be anchored on a scientific foundation for the first time. In turn, this opens the door to a renaissance in the political psychology subfield of political science, as the scientific origins of political behavior are revealed.Research implications – The ongoing revolution in neuroscience is producing insights into international political behavior that is largely unacknowledged by political scientists.Value – The implications for domestic and international policy are major. Fundamentally, this is because neuroscience allows us to comprehend better the origins of human political behavior.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-78190-728-3, 978-1-78190-729-0/2042-9940
DO  - 10.1108/S2042-9940(2013)0000011008
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2042-9940(2013)0000011008
AU  - Friend John M.
AU  - Thayer Bradley A.
PY  - 2013
Y1  - 2013/01/01
TI  - Neuropolitics and Political Science: Providing a Foundation for the Study of Politics
T2  - The world of biology and politics: Organization and research areas
T3  - Research in Biopolitics
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 71
EP  - 90
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -