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Ep20 "Why does your brain care more about some people than others?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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How to Dehumanize Your Brain

The strategy of dehumanization is one that people use to make your brain feel like it doesn't have to think about the other person as a fellow human. In 1975 a researcher named Albert bandura set up a simple study He had college students come in to do an experiment and every time they get a wrong answer you get to decide between one and ten What level of electrical shock you're going to send. And what bandura found was striking Just by dint of having heard a simple sentence that humanized them Hola mijente. They may have willita first part of iHeartRadio's Michael Tuda podcast network Each week hosts Vcortees and abuelita Liliana Monteneg

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