The nondiscriminating heart: Lovingkindness meditation training decreases implicit intergroup bias

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1306-1313

  Kang, Yoona ^a   Gray, Jeremy R ^b   Dovidio, John F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compassion; Implicit bias; Lovingkindness; Meditation; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PREJUDICE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RACISM; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; PREJUDICE; RACISM; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889646839     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034150     Document Type: Article

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