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Friends and Foes: The Neuroscience of In-Group and Out-Group with Harvard Professor Dr. Jason Mitchell

Your Brain at Work

CHAPTER

The Effects of Familiarity on Group Thinking

We might misread social cues of people that we don't spend much time with. If you're a majority group member, it can be quite difficult to distinguish faces of minority group members because they're just so much less familiar. Minority group members will have an easier time, but not as good as they might for their own group. So it seems to be a combination of both of experience and familiarity, but also a kind of cage that comes down around your mind when you think about someone as an awkward member.

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