Monday, June 27, 2005

What Other People Say May Change What You See - New York Times

What Other People Say May Change What You See - New York Times: "What Other People Say May Change What You See

By SANDRA BLAKESLEE
Published: June 28, 2005
A new study uses advanced brain-scanning technology to cast light on a topic that psychologists have puzzled over for more than half a century: social conformity.

Dr. Gregory S. Berns
In the new study, subjects were asked to decide if geometric shapes were the same or different.

The study was based on 1950's work by the psychologist Solomon Asch, above. The study was based on a famous series of laboratory experiments from the 1950's by a social psychologist, Dr. Solomon Asch."

This is a interesting article and I'm trying to understand what it means. Does it mean that if your
in group of people and they have one opinion, and you another, that you will actually change the way I see, what I think about the subject in question?

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