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To Reduce Prejudice, Try Sharing Passions And Cultures
NPR: People can become less prejudiced, but it’s not entirely clear how we make the journey from hatred to acceptance. Something as simple as a shared passion for The Catcher in the Rye can help
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Engaging in a Brief Cultural Activity Can Reduce Implicit Prejudice
A small cue of social connection to someone from another group — such as a shared interest — can help reduce prejudice immediately and up to six months later.
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Does Our Innate Ability to Estimate Numbers Benefit From Education?
Children are born with an innate number sense — the ability to discriminate quickly between different amounts or numbers of objects, even without counting. And research has shown that children who have a more acute
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Conservatism and Product Purchase
The Huffington Post: When you meet new people, there are a few things you can find out about them that seem to say a lot about them. The music people listen to, for example, seems
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What Is The Effect Of Asking Americans To Think About The Greater Good?
NPR: Okay. So is it a problem that the president is saying those two things at once? It might be, Steve, because we actually have many examples of what happens when politicians make appeals to
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Conservatives and liberals drink different beer
Salon: It was probably inevitable, but it’s striking nonetheless. In a new study published in the journal Psychological Science, Vishal Singh of New York University’s Stern School of Business and his colleagues apply an ever-growing body