Imaging study shows decrease in empathic responses to outsiders
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 23:07
in Psychology & Sociology
An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the 1 July issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pain activates a part of the brain associated with empathy and emotion more if the observer and the observed are the same race. The findings may show that unconscious prejudices against outside groups exist at a basic level...
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