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EdmondDantes_

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3. While a cool study variation, wasn't this already demonstrated?

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 06:36 PM

Sep 2025

I took a study years ago with the same setup but instead of in an fMRI machine it was pushing one keyboard button for a weapon and another for a tool. I know there were more times I got it wrong after seeing a minority face prior to the weapon/tool. It was really enlightening about the way our social conditioning works

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