Rejecting Equality: Psychological Differences Between Australian Gay Men Voting “Yes”, Voting “No”, or Abstaining from Voting on the Legalisation of Same-Sex Marriage Dellers, L. (Griffith University), Thai, M. (Griffith University) In 2017, Australians voted on the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Whereas most gay men voted in support of same-sex marriage (“Yes”), some abstained from voting, […]

Profiling Prejudice: Elucidating the Socio-Cognitive Mechanisms Underpinning Implicit Bias Pennington, C. R. (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK), Shaw, D. J. (Aston University, Birmingham, UK) Borne out of the limitations posed by self-report questionnaires, social psychologists developed implicit measures capable of assessing people’s unconscious prejudicial attitudes (e.g., the Implicit Association Test). Recent meta-analytic […]

The Brain-Attic: Algorithm Does Not Lead to Prevalent Information Avoidance Han, W (The University of Chicago), Dietvorst, B.J (The University of Chicago Booth School of Business) Information avoidance has been identified across many contexts. The current research seeks to identify ways in which machines can impact people’s decision to remain ignorant. We hypothesise that concerns […]

Expanding the Mind Club: Dimensions of Mind Perception Tzelios, K. (UNSW Sydney), Williams, L. A. (UNSW Sydney), Bliss-Moreau, E., (University of California Davis) The dimensional nature of mind perception is subject to debate, though a bidimensional approach comprising agency and experience is commonly adopted by social psychologists. The majority of research to date, however, derived […]