tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post2656028978298140671..comments2024-03-22T00:30:09.536-07:00Comments on The Neurocritic: Contest to Reduce Implicit Racial Bias Shows Empathy and Perspective-Taking Don't WorkThe Neurocritichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-12354848726925717422014-04-25T01:30:46.510-07:002014-04-25T01:30:46.510-07:00I'd just like to voice agreement with Rob'...I'd just like to voice agreement with Rob's comment because I think the research on which this post is based gives the IAT too much credit. I think the creators of the task (Bananji & Greenwald) were too quick to conclude that the IAT is an implicit measure of attitudes. I don't think studies that trying to reduce implicit racism (based on the IAT) deserve any recognition because the IAT has such poor criterion validity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-59603678751793146972014-04-03T07:27:00.706-07:002014-04-03T07:27:00.706-07:00Well thee goes all that time and energy. What now?...Well thee goes all that time and energy. What now?Gary Starkmanhttp://nyneurologists.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-50637272784058507972014-04-01T02:24:37.078-07:002014-04-01T02:24:37.078-07:00The pendulum is starting to swing back, folks! For...The pendulum is starting to swing back, folks! For the last several years, we've been witnessing an orgy of papers, books, and TED talks on the general theme of how complex behavior by people is determined by trivial factors they know nothing about: from unconsciously smelling someone's sweat, to not washing your hands in the bathroom. One of the latest books on this theme I was asked to review was "Incognito" which, in my opinion, is a pathetic and superficial mix of psycho bubble and neurosuperficiality. The IAT was part of this trend. Now there is a push back, in part because the scientific community has gotten tired of the unreplicable BS published in social psychology journals on this theme! It is in large part untrue, and it paints a cynical and inaccurate picture of human cognition and behavior!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-80894045267642666492014-03-31T10:57:49.054-07:002014-03-31T10:57:49.054-07:00Rob - Thanks for the link. I didn't address th...Rob - Thanks for the link. I didn't address the relationship between the IAT and explicit attitudes in this study. There's a huge literature on the topic, as the Oswald et al. review demonstrates. They found:<br /><br /><i>"IATs were poor predictors of every criterion category other than brain activity, and the IATs performed no better than simple explicit measures."</i>The Neurocritichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08010555869208208621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21605329.post-15945755788845347912014-03-31T05:30:42.085-07:002014-03-31T05:30:42.085-07:00"Predicting ethnic and racial discrimination:... <br />"Predicting ethnic and racial discrimination: A meta-analysis of IAT criterion studies"<br />http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2013-20587-001/Robhttps://twitter.com/robsicanoreply@blogger.com