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Life Sciences
Studies from Pennsylvania State University, Department of Psychology reveal new findings on life sciences
March 8th, 2008
Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Not yet human: implicit knowledge, historical dehumanization, and contemporary consequences.' According to a study from the United States, "Historical representations explicitly depicting Blacks as apelike have largely disappeared in the United States, yet a mental association between Blacks and apes remains. Here, the authors demonstrate that U.S. citizens implicitly associate Blacks and apes." "In a series of laboratory studies, the authors reveal how this association influences study participants' basic cognitive processes and significantly alters their judgments in criminal justice contexts. Specifically, this...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-08)
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