脑电图证据表明,在对疼痛的集体同理心中,存在种族入组偏见
Shuting Mei1, Martin Weiß2, Grit Hein2
1School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Beijing Key Laboratory of Behavior and Mental Health, PKU-IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University, 52 Heidian Street, Beijing 100080, China.
Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)
|February 1, 2024
概括
中国成年人在对疼痛的集体同情心中表现出种族内团偏见. 神经反应表明亚裔与白人面部同时经历疼痛的不同处理,揭示了潜在的大脑机制.
科学领域:
- 社会神经科学是一种社会神经科学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 同理心研究研究 同理心研究
背景情况:
- 关于对疼痛同情的种族内集团偏见的先前研究主要研究了对单个个体的反应.
- 对痛苦的集体同情心对种族内集团偏见的敏感性在很大程度上仍未被探索.
- 了解种族身份如何影响对多个受苦个体的同理心至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查是否对疼痛的集体同情受到了目标的感知种族身份的影响.
- 为了检查种族群体内偏见在对疼痛的集体同情心中的神经基础.
- 为了比较亚洲人和白人脸上的同时疼痛的行为和神经反应.
主要方法:
- 电脑电图 (EEG) 记录了中国成年人观看2x2阵列的亚洲或白人脸部显示痛苦的表情.
- 参与者在数组中对不同数量的痛苦面孔 (4,1,或没有) 作出反应.
- 分析了行为测量 (反应速度) 和神经反应 (P2组件,α同步).
主要成果:
- 参与者在看到更痛苦的面孔时,报告了更大的同情心和不愉快感,无论种族如何.
- 行为数据显示,与白人相比,亚洲人面部具有多种痛苦表情的信息获取速度下降.
- 脑电图数据显示,对多个痛苦的亚洲人脸有增强的神经反应 (P2,α同步),这表明了种族内群偏见.
结论:
- 这些发现提供了种族内集团偏见在对疼痛的集体同情心的证据.
- 特定的神经机制,包括早期的感官处理和持续的注意力,是这些偏见的基础.
- 这项研究突出了种族认同对多个处于困境的人的同情感的影响.
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