Abstract Purpose of Review This review synthesizes recent findings related to the
biopsychosocial processes that underlie racial disparities in chronic pain, while highlighting …

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 …

PURPOSE To characterize racial and ethnic disparities and trends in opioid access and
urine drug screening (UDS) among patients dying of cancer, and to explore potential …

BACKGROUND: Health disparities affect cancer incidence, treatment decisions, and
adverse effects. Oncology providers may hold biases in the decision-making process, which …

Across eight experiments, we investigated whether adult perceivers (both lay perceivers and
elementary school teachers) evaluate children's pain differently depending on the child's …

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 …

The tendency to simulate the pain of others within our own sensorimotor systems is a vital
component of empathy. However, this sensorimotor resonance is modulated by a multitude …

Pain experienced by Black individuals is systematically underestimated, and recent studies
have shown that part of this bias is rooted in perceptual factors. We used Reverse …

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 …

Background Social determinants of health (SDoH) can impact access to healthcare. We
sought to assess the association between persistent poverty (PP), race/ethnicity, and opioid …