Status profiling: Research suggests simply wearing a police uniform changes the way the brain processes information

Friday, February 10, 2017 - 21:01 in Psychology & Sociology

Simply putting on a uniform, similar to one the police might wear, automatically affects how we perceive others, creating a bias towards those considered to be of a low social status, new research from a team of cognitive neuroscientists suggests.

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