This article reviews social neuroscience research on the experience of stigma from the
target's perspective. More specifically, we discuss several research programs that employ …

People vary in the extent to which they expect to be stereotyped, and these differences in
“stigma consciousness” have cognitive and behavioral consequences that contribute to …

Influential social-psychological models suggest that perceivers frequently use information-
processing strategies that result in the stereotype-based construal and treatment of other …

What are the affective, cognitive, and behavioral implications of being stigmatized-of being
socially devalued and targeted by negative stereotypes, prejudicial attitudes, and …

The current study uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine whether
regulating negative bias to stigmatized individuals has a unique neural activity profile from …

Experiencing prejudice has consequences. When people feel like they are being judged by
a negative stereotype about their group, they perform poorly in the domain in which the …

This chapter addresses the psychological effects of social stigma. Stigma directly affects the
stigmatized via mechanisms of discrimination, expectancy confirmation, and automatic …

The devaluation of those perceived as" different" has profound repercussions both for
individuals and for society. This book brings together leading researchers to present …

This book provides a snapshot of the latest theoretical and empirical work on social
psychological approaches to stigma and group inequality. It focuses on the perspective of …

This chapter focuses on how stereotype threat is produced and sustained through
threatening situational cues in an environment—such as its organization, features, and …