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The Neuroscience of Increasing Equity

Your Brain at Work

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The Evolution of Hierarchy

In hunter-gatherer societies, they do tend to be more egalitarian. So steep hierarchies are evolved to help us manage the complexities of very large societies. We see greater involvement of brain regions that are involved in fear, vigilance, and self-regulation when forming impressions or even just in conversation.

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