A simple coin flip could affect whether we discriminate against each other
Discrimination happens in many ways, in many places, all through society. Often we’re not even conscious we’re doing it.
New research into social psychology and neuroscience is shining more light on this rather worrying habit we have.
Now something as simple as a coin flip looks like it could change our behaviour to each other.
Dr Eliane Deschrijver and her colleagues carried out this new research into the psychology of discrimination.
She’s Senior Lecturer and DECRA Fellow in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney, and joined us on the line this morning.
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Article in The Conversation: Heads vs tails? A simple coin flip can be enough to change how we treat others
Research paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS): Unequal resource division occurs in the absence of group division and identity