Experimental sleep loss, racial bias, and the decision criterion to shoot in the Police Officer’s Dilemma task

Abstract Violent behavior, police brutality, and racial discrimination are currently at the forefront of society’s attention, and they should be. We investigated whether mild sleep loss—as typical for many adults throughout the work week—could aggravate the socio-emotional-cognitive processes contri...

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Main Authors: Michael K. Scullin, Michelle R. Hebl, Abby Corrington, Stacy Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77522-z