A growing body of evidence demonstrates that perceivers recognize painful expressions
less readily on Black (compared to White) faces. However, it is unclear how rapidly this bias …

Abstract The pain of Black Americans is systematically underdiagnosed and undertreated,
compared to the pain of their White counterparts. Extensive research has examined the …

Perceivers recognize pain less readily on Black (vs. White) faces in the United States. The
present work investigated whether this perceptual bias is moderated by target weight and …

Racial disparities in pain care may stem, in part, from perceptual roots. It remains
unresolved, however, whether this perceptual gap is driven by general deficits in intergroup …

Research has demonstrated racial disparities in pain care such that Black patients often
receive poorer pain care than White patients. Little is known about mechanisms accounting …

Racial disparities in pain care affecting Black Americans are mirrored by a similar perceptual
bias: perceivers see pain less readily on Black (vs. White) faces. Here, we examine the …

Racial disparities in pain treatment pose a significant public health and scientific problem.
Prior studies have demonstrated that clinicians and nonclinicians are less perceptive of, and …

Recent studies have shown that perceiving the pain of others activates brain regions in the
observer associated with both somatosensory and affective-motivational aspects of pain …

The accurate perception of others' pain is important for both perceivers and targets. Yet, like
other person perception judgments, pain judgments are prone to biases. Although past work …

In the days of slavery, White people assumed that Black people felt less pain than did White
people. This belief was used to justify slavery; it was also used to justify the inhumane …