As the researchers defined them, right-wing authoritarians are people who ascribe to conservative ideologies and so-called "traditional values" who advocate for "punitive measures for social control," while left-wing authoritarians are interested in "violently overthrow[ing] and [penalizing] the current structures of authority and power in society."

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The left-wing authoritarians of the bunch ... had less cortical (or outer brain layer) thickness in the right anterior insula, which is "associated with emotional empathy and behavioral inhibition."

No comment made about right-wing authoritarians in the study.

The author, who is also part of an interdisciplinary research group called PseudoLab

Okay, this cannot be real...