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People Automatically Associate Black Men With Threat, Distinct From Negativity

It is important to distinguishing threat from negativity in anti-Black bias.

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What Happens When Prejudice Research is Viewed as “Me-search”?

Prejudice researchers who study the marginalization of their own groups face a double-edged sword in how their research is perceived.

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Intellectual Humility Can Lessen Political Myside Bias

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Intellectual humility may help us scrutinize our political beliefs and be fairer and more rational when evaluating political information.

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When a “Small” Change Mitigates Bias

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How a 1-page letter to a teacher reduced return to juvenile detention by 40 percentage points.

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Hidden but Widespread Gender Biases Emerge in Millions of Words

Computer science tools newly uncover the hidden but pervasive gender biases in language from children’s and adults’ books, TV shows, movies, and even everyday conversations.

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Attitudes about Others Can Be Contagious

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Can attitudes about others be caught like a virus? Our research indicates that the answer is yes.

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How Do Children Make Sense of the Differences They See Among Students at School?

How children explain the differences they see in their classmates have important implications for their motivation and academic performance, as well as for educational inequalities.