How the brain helps us navigate social differences

Our brain responds differently when talking to people of different socioeconomic backgrounds compared to when we speak to those from similar backgrounds to our own, finds a study led by Professor Joy Hirsch (UCL Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering) and Yale researchers.

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