Tag: Jay J. Van Bavel

  • Dynamic representations of race: processing goals shape race decoding in the fusiform gyri Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Volume 9 Issue 3 (March 2014) pages 326-332 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss138 Christian Kaul Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science New York University Kyle G. Ratner Department of Psychology New York University Jay J. Van Bavel, Assistant…

  • Is race erased? Decoding race from patterns of neural activity when skin color is not diagnostic of group boundaries Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Volume 8, Issue 7 (October 2013) pages 750-755 DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss063 Kyle G. Ratner Department of Psychology New York University Christian Kaul Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science New York…

  • 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…