Perceiving Discrimination in “Real Life”: Distinguishing Negative Events From Discrimination Attributions

TAL Effectors Specificity Stems from Negative Discrimination

Transcription Activator-Like (TAL) effectors are DNA-binding proteins secreted by phytopathogenic bacteria that interfere with native cellular functions by binding to plant DNA promoters. The key element of their architecture is a domain of tandem-repeats with almost identical sequences. Most of the polymorphism is located at two consecutive amino acids termed Repeat Variable Diresidue (RVD). T...

Color discrimination in Caspian pony

Perceiving human locomotion: priming effects in direction discrimination.

During the perception of biological motion, the available stimulus information is confined to a small number of lights attached to the major joints of a moving actor. Despite this drastic impoverishment of the stimulus, the human visual apparatus organizes the swarm of moving dots in a vivid percept of a human figure. In addition, observers effortlessly identify the action the figure is involve...

Intergroup contact can undermine disadvantaged group members' attributions to discrimination☆

A Social Psychological Perspective on Perceiving and Reporting Discrimination

This article reviews social psychological theory and empirical research on perceiving and reporting discrimination. The article begins with an examination of factors that affect whether individuals perceive themselves as targets of discrimination. We then turn toward addressing whether individuals who perceive discrimination are willing to report their perceptions, as well as the interpersonal ...