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Brain stimulation temporarily changes perception of sexualized images of women

Applying mild electrical stimulation to the brain temporarily removed a perceptual bias linked to the sexual objectification of women, in the first study of its kind. The study is published in the journal Social Neuroscience .

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Applying mild electrical stimulation to the brain temporarily removed a perceptual bias linked to the sexual objectification of women, in the first study of its kind. The study is published in the journal Social Neuroscience . People are much better at recognizing faces and bodies when they are upright than when they are upside down—a sign that we are seeing a person—whereas for objects it makes far less difference.

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