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Is Class Consciousness Genetic?

By The Daily Dish
May 7 2008, 2:17 AM ET

A new study says so:

The study "confirms that our brains are exquisitely sensitive to position in the hierarchy," says epidemiologist Michael Marmot of University College London. "If the hierarchy is stable, we seem to ignore those below us but focus on those higher up. If unstable, and we are in danger of losing status, areas of the brain linked to emotions are aroused."



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