News tagged with implicit association
Like rest of society, doctors implicitly favor whites over blacks
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first large study to explore possible unconscious bias among physicians, researchers have found that doctors mirror the attitudes of the majority in society and implicitly favor whites over blacks.
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Undecided voters may already have decided, study suggests
Oct 28, 2008 |
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Do "undecided" voters actually make their choices before they realize? That is a question University of Virginia psychology professor Brian Nosek and his colleagues are trying to answer.
Implicit political attitudes can predict future voting behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 25, 2008 |
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In many political elections, undecided voters come to a decision about who they will vote for only a few days before the vote, if not the very same day of the election. A new study in the journal Political Psychology reveal ...
Study supports validity of test that indicates widespread unconscious bias
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 17, 2009 |
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In the decade since the Implicit Association Test was introduced, its most surprising and controversial finding is its indication that about 70 percent of those who took a version of the test that measures racial attitudes ...
New study shows exposure to smokers in movies increases likelihood of smoking in the future
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 13, 2007 |
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A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smokin ...
Citizens in 34 countries show implicit bias linking males more than females with science
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
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thoughts that people may be unwilling to express or may not even know that they have - may have a powerful effect on gender equity in science and mathematics engagement and performance, according to a new study published ...
Study suggests polls overestimate support for Obama, underestimate back for Clinton
Dec 18, 2007 |
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A new national study of voters who say they might vote in Democratic primaries and caucuses shows a striking disconnect between their explicit and implicit preferences, according to University of Washington researchers.
A Serious Question: Why Do We Laugh?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Not surprisingly, Robert Lynch begins his research paper "It's Funny Because We Think It's True: Laughter is Augmented by Implicit Preferences" with a joke. Not his joke, but one taken from a ...
Coke or Pepsi? Being distracted can make you more susceptible to ads
Apr 21, 2008 |
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A can of Coke next to the word "awesome"; a can of Pepsi next to a picture of a happy couple. Seem too basic to be effective advertising? Prior research has shown that reported attitudes towards brands are not affected by ...
Emergency treatment may be only skin deep
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Doctors’ unconscious racial biases may influence their decisions to treat patients and explain racial and ethnic disparities in the use of certain medical procedures, according to Alexander Green from Harvard Medical School ...
The Obama effect: Researchers cite President's role in reducing racism
Feb 12, 2009 |
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President Obama spurred a dramatic change in the way whites think about African-Americans before he had even set foot in the Oval Office, according to a new study.
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