Stories by Keith Payne

Keith Payne is a professor in psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is author of The Broken Ladder: How Inequality Affects the Way We Think, Live, and Die (Viking, 2017).

Behavior

The Truth about Anti-White Discrimination

Many white Americans feel that discrimination against whites is on the rise. Experiments suggests otherwise

July 18, 2019 — Keith Payne

Behavior

How to Think about ‘Implicit Bias’

Amid a controversy, it’s important to remember that implicit bias is real—and it matters

March 27, 2018 — Keith Payne, Laura Niemi and John M. Doris

Mind & Brain

The Discrimination Tax

New research suggests that people will discriminate even at a personal price

December 10, 2013 — Keith Payne

Biology

The Myth of Executive Stress

How tough is it, really, to be the boss?

September 24, 2013 — Keith Payne

Mind & Brain

Your Hidden Censor: What Your Mind Will Not Let You See

Scientists probe the biases of “unconscious selective attention”

June 11, 2013 — Keith Payne