Figure 1.

Stimuli and behavioral results. Left- and right-wing participants watched (a) five video clips inside the fMRI scanner and following each clip answered three questions: “How much did you agree with the main message of this clip?” “How much did this clip interest you?” “How emotionally engaged were you?” b, Participants' ratings for these three questions demonstrated large differences between the two groups in terms of how much they agreed with the main message of the political clips, and relatively similar emotional engagement and interest with the clips. c, Graphs in top row represent post-scan questionnaires' interpretation questions. Significant differences were found in each interpretation question for the political clips (except from one question in RWS). Graphs in bottom row represent post-scan questionnaires' comprehension questions, in which there was no significant difference between the groups. Error bars indicate SE.