RealFeedApp Stimulating the forehead reduces bias against women
A study found that perceiving people as bodies rather than whole persons is not hard-wired and can be altered by applying a mild electrical current to the forehead.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Researchers applied a mild electrical current to the forehead to test if it affects the tendency to view women as objects rather than whole people.
- Why it matters
- The results suggest that this bias in perception is not hard-wired and can be changed at least for a while.
#objectification#brain stimulation#social neuroscience#memory#perception
