Neural Bases of Motivated Reasoning: An fMRI Study of Emotional Constraints on Partisan Political Judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election

Drew Westen, Pavel S. Blagov, Keith Harenski, Clint Kilts, Stephan Hamann. Neural Bases of Motivated Reasoning: An fMRI Study of Emotional Constraints on Partisan Political Judgment in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election. J. Cognitive Neuroscience, 18(11):1947-1958, 2006. [doi]