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| Title |
Racial Bias in Perceptions of Others’ Pain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0048546 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sophie Trawalter, Kelly M. Hoffman, Adam Waytz |
| Abstract |
The present work provides evidence that people assume a priori that Blacks feel less pain than do Whites. It also demonstrates that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status and the privilege (or hardship) status confers, not race per se. Archival data from the National Football League injury reports reveal that, relative to injured White players, injured Black players are deemed more likely to play in a subsequent game, possibly because people assume they feel less pain. Experiments 1-4 show that White and Black Americans-including registered nurses and nursing students-assume that Black people feel less pain than do White people. Finally, Experiments 5 and 6 provide evidence that this bias is rooted in perceptions of status, not race per se. Taken together, these data have important implications for understanding race-related biases and healthcare disparities. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 228 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 36% |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 8% |
| South Africa | 3 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 2 | <1% |
| Comoros | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Guinea | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 9 | 4% |
| Unknown | 106 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 184 | 81% |
| Scientists | 22 | 10% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 10 | 4% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 4% |
| Unknown | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 256 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 244 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 50 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 28 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 27 | 11% |
| Researcher | 19 | 7% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 54 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 79 | 31% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 44 | 17% |
| Unknown | 63 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 470. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 October 2023.
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#59,049
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#995
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#215
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#12
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