These issues aside, the new results are consistent with, and add to, past research that’s shown people’s neural empathic responses are diminished when witnessing pain endured by someone they dislike, or someone from a different social group.
We can strive to be good people, but sadly it seems our brains often reveal the darker side of human nature.
Christian Jarrett
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