Of the seven factors the researchers identified, perhaps the most insidious is passivism or passive racism, which includes an apathy toward systems of racial advantage or denial that those systems…
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Gordon Howard Bower Dec. 30, 1932-June 17, 2020 Stanford, California Gordon H. Bower—who won the National Medal of Science for experimental psychology research at Stanford University—died peacefully…
JUNE 17, 2020 Jennifer Eberhardt speaks at TED2020: Uncharted about how we can use science to break down the societal and personal biases that unfairly target Black people. In her talk, Eberhardt says…
JUNE 17, 2020 As part of a two-night special, Oprah Winfrey invited SPARQ Co-Director Jennifer Eberhardt to share her expertise on racial bias and policing. The OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here…
Five Stanford scholars among CASBS 2020-21 Fellows by Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Tags: Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Five Stanford scholars will be…
The same technologies that people once blamed for tearing society apart might be our best chance of staying together during the COVID-19 outbreak, says Stanford’s Jamil Zaki. BY MELISSA DE WITTE…
Stanford psychologist Michael Frank and collaborators conducted the largest ever experimental study of baby talk and found that infants respond better to baby talk versus normal adult chatter. BY…
Stanford psychologist Steven O. Roberts found that the characteristics U.S. Christians assign to God – e.g., male, female, black, white, old, young – are the same identities they attribute to a boss…
By Douglas Starr Mar. 26, 2020 , 2:00 PM When Jennifer Eberhardt appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah in April 2019, she had a hard time keeping a straight face. But some of the laughs were…
Our brains can predict the popularity of online videos, without us even knowing it. BY TAYLOR KUBOTA When Stanford University neuroscientist Brian Knutson tracked his smartphone usage, he was shocked…