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Hearing hate speech primes your brain for hateful actions

  • Written by Arthur Glenberg, Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
Inflammatory words can prime a mind.Elijah O'Donnell/Unsplash, CC BY

A mark on a page, an online meme, a fleeting sound. How can these seemingly insignificant stimuli lead to acts as momentous as participation in a racist rally or the massacre of innocent worshippers? Psychologists, neuroscientists, linguists and philosophers are developing a new...

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