First Physiological Evidence of Brain's Response to Inequality

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

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. The surprising thing? 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.

 

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Love the Science Daily web site.

Interesting findings, showing that humans really do not like seeing others 'in need', and most of us wish the 'best for all', but when push comes to shove, it seems many people still will take personal rewards as their priority at the expense of others misfortune.

There is so much to comment on with this story, as with many, and could get quite involved with responses. So I'll keep it short.........