Jun 11, 2020
Photo: Discover Magazine, hkalkan/Shutterstock Analysis of tensions between Republicans and Democrats shows that while dehumanization and dislike toward an opposing group exists, each group perceives that the prejudice and dehumanization against their own group is...
Aug 20, 2019
Teachers spend their time educating young people, imparting both intellectual knowledge and practical life skills, in an attempt to help children grow into adults. They often do this for low pay and little thanks. They are the best of us, or at least they’re supposed...
Nov 4, 2018
Research on the biology of political beliefs provides insight into the effectiveness of how to win any argument. Current theories suggest that people’s political beliefs are driven by their identification with a group—similar to sports team loyalties, but more rooted...
Aug 8, 2018
The findings have strong implications for the current migrant situation in America. While polls have shown that the majority of Americans believe that separating migrant families at the border is unacceptable, a substantial percentage seem to have no problem with it....
Jul 30, 2018
Throughout history humans have justified atrocities by defining victims as subhuman, often quite openly. European American dealings with Indians, white Southerners justifying slavery, and Nazis massacring Jews. But how much do we really know about how dehumanizing...
Jun 27, 2018
Dr. Emile bruneau discusses dehumanization of immigrants on NPR one. Listen to the Full Story Here
Jun 26, 2018
“When people are dehumanizing others, they are mobilizing different brain regions than when they are registering their dislike,” Emile Bruneau, director of the Peace and Conflict Neuroscience Lab at the University of Pennsylvania, said in announcing the findings. He...
Jun 26, 2018
“When people are dehumanizing others, they are mobilizing different brain regions than when they are registering their dislike,” said co-lead author Dr. Emile Bruneau from the University of Pennsylvania. To put into perspective, you may love a puppy or an...
Jun 26, 2018
Humans are capable of doing some horrific things to each other. Much of this is only made possible when we dehumanize people. It’s a theme that occurs throughout history, whether it’s the horrors of the Holocaust or the brutality of European colonialism, and has...
Jun 25, 2018
Over the last week, the news has brought us difficult images and sounds: Migrant and refugee children huddled in steel cages. Children and parents wailing as they are torn apart by American agents. Detention buses filled with infant car seats. The majority of...
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