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About the RISC Lab

Rutgers Implicit SocialCognition (RISC) Lab  (Dr. Luis M.Rivera): The RISC Lab investigates implicit biases, beliefs, and attitudes and how they affect (a) the self and identity (e.g., ethnicity, race, sexual, gender, criminals) of individuals from stigmatized and disadvantaged groups, and (b) inequities in health and STEM. Studies examine how biases operate in different social contexts. Our general research questions of interest are: What social contexts motivate groups and individuals to express stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination and to develop and maintain their group identities? How do contexts and individuals contribute to the presence and persistence of inequities in health, STEM, and the criminal justice system?

Research assistants will be involved in multiple aspects of collaborative research, such as participant recruitment, data collection, data coding and analyses, and manuscript preparation.  In addition, research assistants will have opportunities to develop practical skills such as critical thinking and oral and written presentations, as well as develop mentor-mentee relationships with RISC Lab members.

 

Chenqi Gao presented a 5-minute data blitz talk titled “Physical appearance (dis)satisfaction differentially moderates men and women’s math interest” at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) annual convention gender preconference. This research investigated the moderating role of physical appearance dissatisfaction on math interest and participation among women and men. The findings highlighted the implications on gender disparity in math interest.

H. Annie Vu won the Society for Personality and Social Psychology’s 2022 Outstanding Research Award for her research titled “Making America Great by Undermining Its History: The Role of Racial Collective Narcissism in White Americans’ Reactions to History of Racism and Critical Race Theory.”
 
 
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Ph.D. student Sandy Xie attended a poster session presenting her research at the American Psychology-Law Society conference in Philadelphia, PA: “The Effects of Race and Testimony Complexity on Mock Jurors’ Assessment of Expert Witness Testimony on Neurological Evidence in a Criminal Case’. This research looks at how expert witness race and testimony complexity plays a role in expert witness credibility and persuasion when neurological testimony about a defendant’s brain is presented. Pretest results were presented in this poster session. PDF