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Self-Initiated Implicit Attitude Change [menu]

 

Most Recent

Akalis, S. A., Nannapaneni, J., & Banaji, M. R. (under review). Manual shifts in automatic preferences: The

effect of self-generated associations on implicit attitudes.

 

SPSP 2006 Poster @ Palm Springs, CA - January 27, 2006

"Do-It-Yourself Mental Makeovers: How Self-Generated Thoughts Shift Implicit Attitudes"

 

Previous Generations

ASSC9 Poster @ Pasadena, CA - June 25, 2005

"Implicit Attitude Change: Can Do-It-Yourself Debiasing Work?"

 

Presentation in Mahzarin Banaji's Implicit Social Cognition lab @ Harvard - April 12, 2005

"Do-It-Yourself Debiasing: Implicit Attitude Change via Concentration"

 

SPSP Conference Poster @ New Orleans - January 21, 2005

"Meditating on Malleability: Implicit Attitude Change via Concentration"

 

Social Psych Lunch Talk @ Harvard - November 16, 2004:

"Compassion & Context-Independent Implicit Attitude Change"

 

Second-Year Project Report:

"Buddha, Big Bellies, & Blizzards: Implicit Attitude Malleability via Concentration"

 

Second-Year Project Presentation @ Harvard - May 2, 2004:

"Buddha, Big Bellies, & Blizzards: Implicit Attitude Malleability via Concentration"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing & Implicit Attitude Change [menu]

 

Most Recent

Presentation in Mahzarin Banaji's Implicit Social Cognition Lab @ Harvard - October 11, 2005:

"Dual Processes in Implicit Attitude Change: Keeps Nice New Clothes Wonderfully Far from Clean"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implicit Associations toward Losses & Gains [menu]

 

Most Recent

Akalis, S. A. (2008). A new spin on losses looming larger than gains: Asymmetric implicit associations

from slot machine experience. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 21, 378-398.

 

Oral Defense of Dissertation (abbrev.) @ Harvard - May 2, 2007

"A New Spin on Losses Looming Larger than Gains: Asymmetric Implicit Associations from Slot Machine Experience"

 

Previous Generations

SPSP Judgment & Decision-Making 2007 Poster @ Memphis, TN - January 25, 2007

"Las Vegas in the Lab: Implicit Experiences of Losses Looming Larger than Gains"

 

Presentation in Mahzarin Banaji's Implicit Social Cognition Lab @ Harvard - February 7, 2006:

"Lessons from the One-Armed Bandit: Implicit Experiences of Gains & Losses"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Implicit Biases in Sports Officiating [menu]

 

Most Recent

Presentation in Mahzarin Banaji's Implicit Social Cognition Lab @ Harvard - October 2, 2006:

“Michael Jordan Got All the Calls: Expectancy Confirmation Effects & Implicit Bias in Sports Officiating”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Community Crime Alerts on Implicit Prejudice [menu]

 

Most Recent

Akalis, S. A., Banaji, M. R., & Kosslyn, S. M. (2008). Crime alert!: How thinking about a single suspect automatically

shifts stereotypes toward an entire group. DuBois Review, 5.

 

Previous Generations

Presentation in Mahzarin Banaji's Implicit Social Cognition Lab @ Harvard – October 2, 2006:

“Does a Community Crime Alert Hurt? How Suspect Descriptions Affect Biases toward Entire Groups”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anthropomorphism [menu]

 

Most Recent

Epley, N., Akalis, S., Waytz, A., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). Creating social connection through inferential

reproduction: Loneliness and perceived agency in gadgets, gods, and greyhounds. Psychological Science, 19, 114-120.

 

Epley, N., Waytz, A., Akalis, S., & Cacioppo, J. T. (2008). When we need a human: Motivational determinants

of anthropomorphism. Social Cognition, 26, 143-155.

 

Newsweek coverage – December 21, 2007:

“Emotional Castaways”

 

Previous Generations

Presentation in Nick Epley’s Lab @ Harvard – December 8, 2004:

"Man's Best Friend When? Anthropomorphism & Agent-seeking Emotions"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Religion & Social Cognition [menu]

 

Most Recent

SPSP Conference Poster @ Austin, TX - January 30, 2004:

"Prime & Prejudice: Exploratory Studies on Eliciting Tolerance"

 

Previous Generation

Social Psych Lunch Talk @ Harvard - April 15, 2003:

"God & Groups: A Divine Perspective on Social Cognition"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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