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SUBMITTER: Tincher MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4868393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tincher Moses M MM Lebois Lauren A M LA Barsalou Lawrence W LW
Mindfulness 20151015 2
A brief mindfulness intervention diminished bias in favor of one's in-group and against one's out-group. In the linguistic intergroup bias (LIB), individuals expect in-group members to behave positively, and out-group members to behave negatively. Consequently, individuals choose abstract language beset with character inferences to describe these expected behaviors, and in contrast, choose concrete, objective language to describe unexpected behaviors. Eighty-four participants received either min ...[more]