A new study published on racism, one of humanity’s greatest ongoing problems, has revealed a solution to racism. scientists, experiences with different cultures can reverse racial prejudice reported.

Scientists are especially concerned when people feel empathy for others through neuroimaging. activated neural networks had discovered. Previous research has also shown that this very activity in people’s brains causes racial prejudice. The team leading the latest study also examined whether sociocultural experiences could reverse these biases.

Students who spend little and a lot of time in China were compared:

The scientists come from North America and Western Europe for their work and are currently studying in Beijing, China. From 35 white students collected samples. Students in the experimental group, in China 6 to 36 weeks time this time was only for the students in the control group. It was 2 to 4 weeks.

In the study, the students were white or Asian and a flat human face with neutral or bitter expressions shown. Participants rated the intensity of each face’s “pain” and the extent to which each face elicited its own painful emotions. In this process, the magnetoencephalography method was used to record the neural responses of the people.

The brain activity of those who spent more time in the other culture also changed:

The results showed that the group of students who spent only 2 to 4 weeks in China showed stronger neural responses to pain expressions on white faces than Asian faces. However, these participants also performed better in distinguishing pain in white faces from neutral faces.

On the other hand, participants who spent 6-36 weeks in China in contrast to the control group Asian faces were found to have a higher neural response to pain. Also, this group showed more neural activity in the right insula and sensorimotor areas after seeing the painful expressions on Asian faces as opposed to white faces.

According to the scientists, these results can be achieved by interacting with other cultures in a new environment. that it is possible to reduce racial prejudice through empathy revealed. However, because the number of study participants was very small, larger studies are needed to fully prove this.