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Implicit Race Bias Increases the Differences in the Neural Representations of Black and White Faces
Racial stereotypes have been shown to have subtle and unintended consequences on how we treat members of different race groups. According to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological
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Study: Racial stereotyping linked to creative stagnation
Salon: In an article published in Psychological Science, researchers at Tel Aviv University found that racial stereotyping and creative stagnation have something big in common: categorical thinking. “Although these two concepts concern very different outcomes
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Racial Essentialism Reduces Creative Thinking By Making People More Closed-Minded
New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. In an article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researcher Carmit Tadmor of
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Older People Become What They Think, Study Shows
The New York Times: All of us have beliefs — many of them subconscious, dating back to childhood — about what it means to get older. Psychologists call these “age stereotypes.” And, it turns out
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How to Attack the Gender Wage Gap? Speak Up
The New York Times: ANNIE HOULE, grandmother of seven, holds up a stack of pink dollar bills. “How many of you know about the wage gap?” she asks a roomful of undergraduates, almost all of
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Are You Truly Having A Senior Moment? Probably Not
The Huffington Post: Creeping into our everyday vocabulary over the past few years, the term “senior moment” is now the chief lament of midlife adults who fear they are losing their memory. You’ve probably used