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Record Nr.

UNINA9910253900803321

Autore

Terbeck Sylvia

Titolo

The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations : Prejudice, can we cure it? / / by Sylvia Terbeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-46338-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 92 p. 8 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

303.385

Soggetti

Neurosciences

Psychology

Personality

Social psychology

Biological psychology

Ethics

Computer graphics

Popular Science in Psychology

Personality and Social Psychology

Biological Psychology

Computer Graphics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1 Introduction -- 2 The foundations of prejudice and discrimination -- 3 The Neuroscience of intergroup relations -- 4 Psychopharmacology and prejudice -- 5 Neuroethics of social enhancement -- 6 What should be done?

Sommario/riassunto

The Social Neuroscience of Intergroup Relations; Prejudice can we cure it?” is a highly interdisciplinary book. It includes latest theories and research from: Social Psychology, Ethics, Psychopharmacology, as well as Social Neuroscience. The book is also based on the author’s team research. The book describes experimental studies which have suggested that fear of the out-group might play a role in prejudice. Amongst others, one experiment that received large media coverage



will be illustrated; a study which found that the drug propranolol reduced racial bias. However, is there a “cure” for prejudice? But even if there were biological methods to reduce prejudice are there not ethical and medical problems associated with this? However, we are our brain; thus not only soul searching, but also a drug can change the core of a person.