Why We Conform to Groups: The Science of Social Pressure
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Why We Conform to Groups: The Science of Social Pressure

Corrected by Emir Baycan · on When Notes Fly · 12 July 2026 · View published page ↗

The Asch conformity experiments showed that people deny the evidence of their own eyes under social pressure.

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A 2011 study by Vasily Klucharev and colleagues found that disagreement with a group consensus activated the rostral cingulate zone
+A 2009 study by Vasily Klucharev and colleagues found that disagreement with a group consensus activated the rostral cingulate zone

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