How The Human Brain Responds To Inequality

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have 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. This activity pattern holds true even if the brain being looked at is in the rich person's head, rather than the poor person's. The significance? The human brain is a big believer in equality, the scientists say. Their results are detailed in a new study appearing in Nature. read more

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