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Overview

B. Keith Payne is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research focuses on several fields within the social sciences and psychology, with significant contributions in social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to bias, social status, and economic inequality. Notable papers include:

  • Implicit bias reflects systemic racism, 2021, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • How Economic Inequality Shapes Thought and Action, 2021, Journal of Consumer Psychology
  • What Does the MacArthur Scale of Subjective Social Status Measure? Separating Economic Circumstances and Social Status to Predict Health, 2023, Annals of Behavioral Medicine
  • The Great Migration and Implicit Bias in the Northern United States, 2023, Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Effects of aggregation on implicit bias measurement, 2022, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Payne include Heidi A. Vuletich, Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi, Jason W. Hannay, Erin Cooley, and Kristjen B. Lundberg. These collaborations indicate ongoing partnerships supporting research in related fields.

Their publications appear regularly in several academic venues, with the highest number of contributions to UNC Libraries. Other recurrent venues include Social Psychological and Personality Science, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, and Trends in Cognitive Sciences.

Payne's work spans core areas in the social sciences, particularly within sociology and political science, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. They have also contributed to education research. Key subfields include:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education

Main topics addressed in their research include social and intergroup psychology, psychology of moral and emotional judgment, cultural differences and values, racial and ethnic identity research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, behavioral health and interventions, and decision-making and behavioral economics.

  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Best Publications

  • Implicit Racial/Ethnic Bias Among Health Care Professionals and Its Influence on Health Care Outcomes: A Systematic Review

    William J. Hall;Mimi V. Chapman;Kent M. Lee;Yesenia M. Merino

  • An inkblot for attitudes: affect misattribution as implicit measurement.

    B. Keith Payne;Clara Michelle Cheng;Olesya Govorun;Brandon D. Stewart

  • Knowledge does not protect against illusory truth.

    Lisa K. Fazio;Nadia M. Brashier;B. Keith Payne;Elizabeth J. Marsh

  • Handbook of implicit social cognition : measurement, theory,and applications

    Bertram Gawronski;B. Keith Payne

  • The Bias of Crowds: How Implicit Bias Bridges Personal and Systemic Prejudice

    B. Keith Payne;Heidi A. Vuletich;Kristjen B. Lundberg

  • Why do implicit and explicit attitude tests diverge? The role of structural fit.

    B. Keith Payne;Melissa A. Burkley;Mark B. Stokes

  • Sequential Priming Measures of Implicit Social Cognition A Meta-Analysis of Associations With Behavior and Explicit Attitudes

    C. Daryl Cameron;Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi;B. Keith Payne

  • Escaping affect: how motivated emotion regulation creates insensitivity to mass suffering.

    C. Daryl Cameron;B. Keith Payne

  • Conceptualizing Control in Social Cognition: How Executive Functioning Modulates the Expression of Automatic Stereotyping.

    B. Keith Payne

  • The Situated Inference Model An Integrative Account of the Effects of Primes on Perception, Behavior, and Motivation

    Chris Loersch;B. Keith Payne

  • Best laid plans: Effects of goals on accessibility bias and cognitive control in race-based misperceptions of weapons

    B.Keith Payne;Alan J Lambert;Larry L Jacoby

  • Weapon Bias Split-Second Decisions and Unintended Stereotyping

    B. Keith Payne

  • Implicit and explicit prejudice in the 2008 American presidential election

    B. Keith Payne;Jon A. Krosnick;Josh Pasek;Yphtach Lelkes

  • Bringing Automatic Stereotyping Under Control: Implementation Intentions as Efficient Means of Thought Control:

    Brandon D. Stewart;B. Keith Payne

  • Ego—Depletion and Prejudice: Separating Automatic and Controlled Components

    Olesya Govorun;B. Keith Payne

  • Stereotypes as dominant responses: on the "social facilitation" of prejudice in anticipated public contexts.

    Alan J. Lambert;B. Keith Payne;Larry L. Jacoby;Lara M. Shaffer

  • Economic inequality increases risk taking

    B. Keith Payne;Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi;Jason W. Hannay

  • Subjective Status Shapes Political Preferences

    Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi;Kristjen B. Lundberg;Aaron C. Kay;B. Keith Payne

  • A History of Implicit Social Cognition Where Is It Coming From? Where Is It Now? Where Is It Going?

    B. Keith Payne;Bertram Gawronski

  • Historical roots of implicit bias in slavery

    B. Keith Payne;Heidi A. Vuletich;Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi

  • What drives punitive beliefs?: Demographic characteristics and justifications for sentencing

    Brian K Payne;Randy R Gainey;Ruth A Triplett;Mona J.E Danner

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
Larry L. Jacoby
Larry L. Jacoby Washington University in St. Louis
Aaron C. Kay
Aaron C. Kay Duke University
Sophie Trawalter
Sophie Trawalter University of Virginia
David L. Penn
David L. Penn University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alison L. Chasteen
Alison L. Chasteen University of Toronto
Kurt Gray
Kurt Gray University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael Inzlicht
Michael Inzlicht University of Toronto
Kristen A. Lindquist
Kristen A. Lindquist University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bertram Gawronski
Bertram Gawronski The University of Texas at Austin

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