{"id":58594,"date":"2019-07-28T23:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T23:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=58594"},"modified":"2019-07-28T23:40:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T23:40:14","slug":"for-instance-sarah-gaither-at-duke-a-frequent-collaborator-of-dr-paukers-has-discovered-that-when-reminded-of-their-multiracial-heritage-mixed-race-individuals-score-higher-on-tests-tha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=58594","title":{"rendered":"For instance, Sarah Gaither at Duke, a frequent collaborator of Dr. Pauker\u2019s, has discovered that, when reminded of their multiracial heritage, mixed-race individuals score higher on tests that measure creativity."},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/psychology.manoa.hawaii.edu\/kristin-pauker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. [Kristin] Pauker<\/a> belongs to a small group of psychologists, many of them mixed themselves, who have begun to explore the advantages of being multiracial. For instance, <a href=\"https:\/\/psychandneuro.duke.edu\/people\/sarah-elizabeth-gaither\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sarah Gaither<\/a> at Duke, a frequent collaborator of Dr. Pauker\u2019s, has discovered that, when reminded of their multiracial heritage, mixed-race individuals score higher on tests that measure creativity. This is probably not because they are inherently superior in some way, but because the very thing that\u2019s so difficult for them \u2014 the need to navigate multiple worlds \u2014 may actually enhance mental flexibility.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Damon Winter (photography), \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/racism-hawaii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Want to Be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii<\/a>,\u201d <em>The New York Times<\/em>, June 28, 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/racism-hawaii.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/28\/opinion\/sunday\/racism-hawaii.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But Dr. [Kristin] Pauker belongs to a small group of psychologists, many of them mixed themselves, who have begun to explore the advantages of being multiracial. For instance, Sarah Gaither at Duke, a frequent collaborator of Dr. Pauker\u2019s, has discovered that, when reminded of their multiracial heritage, mixed-race individuals score higher on tests that measure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[28822,276,15332,2640,9692,2327],"class_list":["post-58594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-excerpts","tag-damon-winter","tag-kristin-pauker","tag-moises-velasquez-manoff","tag-new-york-times","tag-sarah-gaither","tag-the-new-york-times"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58595,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58594\/revisions\/58595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}