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Children Can ‘Catch’ Social Bias Through Nonverbal Signals Expressed by Adults
Preschool-aged children can learn bias even through nonverbal signals displayed by adults, such as a condescending tone of voice or a disapproving look.
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Image of ‘Typical’ Welfare Recipient Linked With Racial Stereotypes
People tend to imagine the ‘typical’ welfare recipient as someone who is African American and who is lazier and less competent than someone who doesn’t receive welfare benefits, studies show.
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Can Training Help People Un-learn a Lifetime of Racial Bias?
Nautilus: In the 1990s, the block I lived on in New York City was chaotic and seedy. From my window, I’d witnessed many drug deals, one stabbing, and the aftermath of one shooting. The mayhem
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Studying Perception of Animate Versus Inanimate Objects With LEGO Blocks
Animate objects, such as animals and humans, hold a special sway over humans’ attention. For example, when presented with two scenes (one containing an animal and one not), people will preferentially orient to the one
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Whether Eyewitness Memory or DNA, Contaminated Forensic Evidence Is Unreliable
Decades of psychological research have revealed the weaknesses of eyewitness testimony, but APS Fellow John T. Wixted points to a real-life murder conviction to illustrate how DNA evidence can be just as fallible.
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Too Sweet, Or Too Shrill? The Double Bind For Women
NPR: Fewer than 1 in 5 members of Congress are women. At Fortune 500 companies, fewer than 1 in 20 CEOs are women. And if you look at all the presidents of the United States
