Authoritarianism and the brain: Structural MR correlates associated with polarized left- and right-wing ideology traits, published in Neuroscience

We used magnetic resonance imaging to identify areas of the brain whose anatomy is related to authoritarian attitudes.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2025.04.027

Endorsement of alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy among physicians: A cross-sectional study in four European countries, published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

We analyzed the relationship between endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine and vaccination attitudes and behaviors among physicians from four European countries: Germany, Finland, Portugal, and France.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2242748

Left-wing identity politics and authoritarian attitudes: a correlational study of social media users, published in Journal of Political Ideologies

We assessed the relationship between psychological variables typically associated with left-wing identity politics and authoritarian attitudes.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2023.2246914

A taxonomy of anti-vaccination arguments from a systematic literature review and text modelling, published in Nature Human Behaviour 

Through systematic review, thematic analysis, and natural language processing of anti-vaccination arguments, we developed a hierarchical taxonomy that relates common arguments and themes to 11 attitude roots that explain why an individual might express opposition to vaccination.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01644-3