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to recognize faces and emotional expressions of people who belong to the group they interact with most, than they are those of people who belong to another race. younger infants appear equally able to tell people apart, regardless of race.
In another experiment, sensors placed on the babies' heads detected brain activity when the babies saw images of faces of Caucasian or African-American races expressing emotions that either matched or did not match sounds they heard, such as laughing and crying. While 5-month-olds were equally able to distinguish faces from different races, 9-month-olds fared better with their own race.
processed emotional expressions among Caucasian faces differently than those of African-American faces, while the 5-month-olds did not. Specifically, a shift was seen between 5 months and 9 months of age, whereby processing of facial emotions moved from the front of the brain to regions in the back of the brain in the older age group, the researchers found. This brain shift will help scientists understand just how the brain develops with regard to their experiences with different races during the first year of life, Scott and colleagues report in a study published in the May issue of the journal Developmental Science.
FILE - In this May 12, 2009 file photo, musician Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys, attends a special evening to honor artist Ross Bleckner's appointment as Goodwill Ambassador at the United Nations. Yauch, the gravelly voiced Beastie Boys rapper who co-founded the seminal hip-hop group, has died at age 47. Yauch, who's also known as MCA, was diagnosed with a cancerous parotid gland in 2009.
Toss "profiling" in there also as one of the most over-used word in the english language, strategically used by people afraid of being busted for being here illegally.
Gabriel 4 hrs ago That's the problem with UNREGULATED freedom of speech, Eve. Nowadays ANY ILLITERATE can claim to have written a book, when in fact we know they just "tell a story" for a publisher.
Randall 4 hrs ago The study doesn't have "tons of holes". The study doesn't say anything about racial biases or racism. The study was officially titled, "Building biases in infancy: the influence of race on face and voice emotion matching." It found that babies were equally able to identify the emotions on faces of different races up until a certain age. After that point it learned to identify the emotions on faces better within it's own race. Now the guy that wrote the article and put it up in an easily-misinterpretable manner? Crucify him for trying to make a "story" out of science.
scorpio78 2 hrs 56 mins ago they wouldn't want to spend the money a something important, like fixing the national debt. or feeding the homeless, or our poor excuse for an educational system, I could go on but i think i've made my point.
Home o 6 hrs ago Of course they notice something "different". Our brains are continually making connections and associations. When it is presented with repeated stimuli, those connections become set.
Loki 6 hrs ago Which means that if you add a little variety to the stimuli when they are infants, there won't be a "different" to notice as they get older.... I live in a country where there exists a racial and ethnic "hodge-podge" of peoples from all over the world. If people were socialised into recognising and accepting differences, less discrimination and prejudice would be prevalent.
babyboy4PV o 4 hrs ago First off, I want to keep spreading this quote that my Dad taught me when I was a pre-teen (and basically summarizes the teachings I had as a child until now and currently). He told me that "not all white people are your enemies and not all black people are your friends." so you shouldn't isolate yourself from other groups of people because "they don't look like you." Now about this "article," the only problem I have with this study is the fact that one of its main limitations seems to be the lack of generalizability to the general population because the subjects were all Caucasian babies. That limitation seems to weaken the study and also this article's implied point that racism may be "inherited."
When are we going to start charging babies with hate crimes ? Headline----- Seven month old white baby charged with hate crime after taking FuFu from 6 month old black baby, causing him to cry. The crying has been interpreted as the babies way of expressing its feelings that it was racially motivated. Rev Sharlaton is expected to have a news conference later tonight and the " Black Panthers" are putting a 2 cookie bounty on all white babies.
Chicago, Illinois o 3 hrs ago Contrary to Miss Scott's statement that this is a problem to be fixed, this is a natural way our ancestors managed to survive. The biggest harm to mankind has come from enlightened academics who want to "fix" human nature. Deal with people politely but if you wish to be around your own tribe most of the time, good for you.
Moscow, Idaho o 6 hrs ago It would have been more comprehensive to also have 48 black babies doing the same test. Because if they did that then we can be sure that it is the same with every race.
In this May 3, 2012 photo, a surgery scar is seen on breast cancer survivor Robert Kaitz's left breast in his home in Severna Park, Md Kaitz thought a small growth under his left nipple was just a harmless cyst. By the time he had it checked out in 2006, almost two years later, the lump had started to hurt. "I had no idea in the world that men could even get breast cancer," Kaitz said. Now Kaitz does frequent self-exams and has mammograms every year. The American Cancer Society estimates 1 in 1,000 men will get breast cancer, versus 1 in 8 women.
Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse Men rarely get breast cancer, but those who do often don't survive as long as women, largely because they don't even realize they can get it and are slow to recognize the warning signs, researchers s ...
In this May 3, 2012 photo, a surgery scar is seen on breast cancer survivor Robert Kaitz's left breast in his home in Severna Park, Md Kaitz thought a small growth under his left nipple was just a harmless cyst. By the time he had it checked out in 2006, almost two years later, the lump had started to hurt. "I had no idea in the world that men could even get breast cancer," Kaitz said. Now Kaitz does frequent self-exams and has mammograms every year. The American Cancer Society estimates 1 in 1,000 men will get breast cancer, versus 1 in 8 women.
This Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo shows a full moon over Pembroke, NY at its closest point to the Earth since March 1993. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night, May 5, 2012 as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. Saturday's event is a supermoon,'' the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 pm EDT, the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth.
This Saturday, March 19, 2011 photo shows a full moon over Pembroke, NY at its closest point to the Earth since March 1993. The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night, May 5, 2012 as our celestial neighbor passes closer to Earth than usual. Saturday's event is a supermoon,'' the closest and therefore the biggest and brightest full moon of the year. At 11:34 pm EDT, the moon will be about 221,802 miles from Earth.
The Fukushima crisis is erasing years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors.
As Japan shuts down nuclear power, emissions rise The Fukushima crisis is eroding years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by ...
The Fukushima crisis is erasing years of Japanese efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global warming, as power plants running on oil and natural gas fill the electricity gap left by now-shuttered nuclear reactors.
In this undated photo, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin is...
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