Scientists find first physiological evidence of brain's response to inequality

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 15:42 in Psychology & Sociology

The human brain is a big believer in equality -- and a team of scientists has become the first to gather the images to prove it. Specifically, the team found that the reward centers in the human brain respond more strongly when a poor person receives a financial reward than when a rich person does.

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