From the American Sociological Association media release: Skin color is a significant factor in the probability of employment for male immigrants to the United States, according to a new study by… Read more »
From the A*STAR press release via MedicalXpress: A Singaporean computer scientist and his American colleague have created a computer simulation of how humans perform on a widely employed test of… Read more »
From the Brown University press release via ScienceDaily: Many animals, including humans, harbor ingrained biases to act when they can obtain rewards and to remain inactive to avoid punishment. Sometimes,… Read more »
From the Princeton University press release via MedicalXpress: Michael North, a fifth-year graduate student in psychology at Princeton University, knew he was lucky to land a summer research position at… Read more »
From the Michigan State University press release: Humans, when alone, see threats as closer than they actually are. But mix in people from a close group, and that misperception disappears…. Read more »
From the Ohio State University press release via ScienceDaily: A scientist’s gender can have a big impact on how other researchers perceive his or her work, according to a new… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: From the playground to the office, a key aspect of our social lives involves figuring out who “belongs” and who doesn’t. Our… Read more »
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: The fourth-quarter comeback to win the game. The tumor that appeared on a second scan. The guy in accounting who was secretly… Read more »
From the Lund University press release via HealthCanal: Previous research indicates that in many cases discrimination may depend on a particularly positive image we have of people with whom we… Read more »
From the University of Alberta press release via Physorg: If people think their toddlers are missing the old-person barbs that Homer, Bart and the others toss at Grandpa Simpson, they… Read more »
