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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago

He was different before his stroke. There are multiple studies that correlate frontal and midline lesions in the brain with right-wing authoritarianism.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0137

https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(25)00304-5/fulltext

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago

I guess but I feel like supporting Gaza genocide isn’t something you just stroke into.

[-] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 14 points 1 week ago

I don't know enough about Fetterman's past to make a judgement on how his stroke affected him, but you totally could. Brain damage can fundamentally change who you are as a person on every level, from memory to logic, or even spirituality. It can change or entirely destroy your ability to feel empathy, damping some emotions while amping up others. Strokes that fundamentally change personality like that are rare, but certainly not outside the realm of possibility.

[-] Phunter@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

There's a famous case of a guy who got a railroad spike blown through his frontal lobe and he basically became a huge asshole.

[-] Wimopy@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Phineas Gage if anyone wants to look the case up. Classic psychology and neurology tale.

Of course this happened before modern scientific standards and procedures were mainstream, so take everything with a grain of salt.

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Actually, that’s kinda what these neuroscientists are finding happens.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Any evidence of it ever having the opposite effect?

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

That tends to happen with books, but wisely applying their contents to the dome.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Strokes can break your brain and fundamentally change your personality and values. Idk if that actually happened here or if he was always actually a piece of shit. It doesn't matter ultimately. He's a shithead now.

[-] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Nah, they're all having one while slurping up that Faux trooth.

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