Skip to main content


I've been reading a book!

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ
Processes how the brain distinguishes between "us" and "them" in social contexts. A key brain region involved in this is the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which plays a role in social cognition, including distinguishing between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—”๐—บ๐˜†๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ: Involved in emotional reactions and threat detection, often more active when perceiving out-group members.

๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜… (๐—”๐—–๐—–): Helps regulate conflict and bias between in-groups and out-groups.

๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (๐—ง๐—ฃ๐—): Important for perspective-taking and understanding social differences.

dick_turpin reshared this.

โ‡ง