http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. vast collections of human tissue samples that scientists hope will lead to new treatments for diseases – have a right to basic information about how their donations may be used, a Michigan State University ethicist argues in a new paper. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-safeguards-tissue-donors.html Other Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:05:04 EST news278597090 Racial stereotypes have been shown to have subtle and unintended consequences on how we treat members of different race groups. According to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, race bias also increases differences in the brain's representations of faces. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-implicit-bias-differences-neural-representations.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:20:36 EST news277651230 New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-racial-essentialism-creative-people-closed-minded.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:49:28 EST news276785361 Accusations of racism accompanying the death of Trayvon Martin and the subsequent actions of Florida police are prevalent in the national media this week. Many are questioning the psychological motivations of everyone involved. Recent research by University of Missouri Professor of Psychological Sciences Bruce D. Bartholow has shown that consuming alcohol can lead to increased expression of racial bias. A new study by Bartholow and his colleague, Elena Stepanova of Florida Gulf Coast University, shows that simply being exposed to alcohol-related images can have similar effects, even when no alcohol is consumed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-racial-stereotyping-exposed-alcohol-related-images.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:56:01 EST news252064528