by Damien AtHope | Apr 5, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
“Seeing someone you hate – from that nasty lab partner to your cheating ex-boyfriend – produces sudden changes in the brain, according to a recent study conducted by British neuroscientists. The researchers took fMRI scans of subjects as they viewed...
by Damien AtHope | Apr 5, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Aggression causes new nerve cells to grow which can trigger even more rage in the future. “Researchers studied changes in brains of mice with aggressive behaviour. After winning a fight, mice became angrier and new neurons appeared. This in turn appeared to...
by Damien AtHope | Apr 5, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
How Culture and Bigotry change the BRAIN “Bigotry Is a form of cultural pollution” A bigot’s ‘rights’ ignore how culture shapes our brains. “Culture gets under your skin, and deep into your brain. From the perspective of neuroscience, this idea is...
by Damien AtHope | Apr 5, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
The neuroscience of prejudice and stereotyping Despite global increases in diversity, social prejudices continue to fuel intergroup conflict, disparities and discrimination. Moreover, as norms have become more egalitarian, prejudices seem to have ‘gone underground’,...
by Damien AtHope | Apr 4, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
I see all as equal, because equal is a behavior and a value status not a physical state of being thus all can be equal. I see “anybody can come up” as a tempered openness, to remember people can or have the potential to improve as a person and don;t just...
by Damien AtHope | Apr 4, 2017 | Short-writing or Quotes
Fight to End Abuse and Injustice. When I was young and I saw people abused or treated unjustly, I was manly happy it was not me. But as I developed my humanity, I started to thoroughly despise abuse and injustice universally, wishing all abuse and injustice would...
