"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social and political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in science,"

Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain | September 10, 2007

Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.
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Exploring the neurobiology of politics, scientists have found that liberals tolerate ambiguity and conflict better than conservatives because of how their brains work.
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Previous psychological studies have found that conservatives tend to be more structured and persistent in their judgments whereas liberals are more open to new experiences. The latest study found those traits are not confined to political situations but also influence everyday decisions.
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Analyzing the data, Sulloway said liberals were 4.9 times as likely as conservatives to show activity in the brain circuits that deal with conflicts, and 2.2 times as likely to score in the top half of the distribution for accuracy.
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Based on the results, he said, liberals could be expected to more readily accept new social, scientific or religious ideas.

"There is ample data from the history of science showing that social and political liberals indeed do tend to support major revolutions in science," said Sulloway, who has written about the history of science and has studied behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals. ... The tendency of conservatives to block distracting information could be a good thing depending on the situation, he said.