Imagined otherness fuels blatant dehumanization of outgroups

“Given the cruelties that humans are capable of inflicting upon others, understanding the origins of blatant dehumanization is of paramount importance if we aim to ultimately curb such atrocities. This study demonstrates that merely perceiving the other as seeing the world in a fundamentally different way can lead people to conceive of them as subhuman.”

van Loon, A., Goldberg, A. & Srivastava, S.B. Imagined otherness fuels blatant dehumanization of outgroups. Commun Psychol 2, 39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00087-4

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