Tag: David M. Amodio

  • The Perceptions of Race That Hinge on Stress The Atlantic 2014-06-09 Olga Khazan, Associate Editor A new study found that when resources were scarce, white people had different definitions of “black” and were less generous toward people with darker skin tones than toward people with lighter skin. The Labor Department said on Friday that employers…

  • Economic scarcity alters the perception of race Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Published online before print on 2014-06-09 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1404448111 Amy R. Krosch New York University David M. Amodio, Associate Professor of Psychology and Neural Science New York University Significance Racial disparities on socioeconomic indices expand dramatically…

  • Winning the Race NYU Alumni Magazine Fall 2012 Andrea Crawford As the first African-American president runs for reelection, researchers examine the subliminal influence of political ads  In 1990, longtime North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms was trailing challenger Harvey Gantt, an African-American who supported affirmative action, when the Helms campaign produced the infamous “hands” commercial. As…