Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Children with No Social Fear Also Have No Racial Stereotypes

Fascinating research on the brain.  Children with Williams Syndrome have no social fear and also do not seem to classify people by racial stereotypes.  They do follow other children in having gender stereotypes, which suggests to the researchers that a different part of the brain is involved in gender stereotyping.

 

 

Posted via web from reannon's posterous

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