The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias
Kang Y, Gray J, Dovidio J. The Nondiscriminating Heart: Lovingkindness Meditation Training Decreases Implicit Intergroup Bias. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2014, 143: 1306-1313. PMID: 23957283, DOI: 10.1037/a0034150.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStigmatized social groupsImplicit attitudesImplicit biasImplicit intergroup biasSocial groupsStigmatized outgroupsIntergroup biasIntergroup relationsMeditation trainingSocial outgroupsLovingkindness meditationWaitlist controlPsychological stressPractice conditionsPersonal benefitsNonhomeless adultsMeditationOutgroupAttitudesBiasPeopleHomeless peopleBlack peopleBroad impactTraining