Perceived responsiveness—feeling understood, validated, and cared for—is critical for
wellbeing and successful relationships, yet these feelings are experienced less frequently in …

The human face is arguably the most important of all social stimuli because it provides so
much valuable information about others. Therefore, one critical factor for successful social …

Research suggests that individuals are racially biased when judging the emotions of others
(Elfenbein & Ambady, 2002) and particularly regarding attributions about the emotion of …

Social psychological research is increasingly interested in the cognitive and affective
processes underlying human behavior in social environments. To match this emerging …

Historically and contemporarily, Black Americans have been compelled to use effortful
co** styles characterized by high behavioral and emotional restraint in the face of …

Racial disparities in pain care may stem, in part, from perceptual roots. It remains
unresolved, however, whether this perceptual gap is driven by general deficits in intergroup …

In five experiments, we investigated how Black participants perceive Duchenne and non-
Duchenne smiles on Black and White targets. Results consistently demonstrated that when …

Time is fundamental to organizing all aspects of human life. When invested in relationships,
it has a psychological meaning as it indicates how much individuals value others and their …

Researchers have used eye-tracking measures to explore the relationship between face
encoding and recognition, including the impact of ethnicity on this relationship. Previous …

Across six studies (N= 904), we suggest a novel mechanism for race disparities in pain
treatment: Perceiver deficits in discriminating real from fake pain for Black (relative to White) …