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R Jończyk, DS Dickson, TS Bel-Bahar, GE Kremer… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier

How stereotype threat affects the brain dynamics of creative thinking in female students.

stereotype threat

Dickson, Jończyk, Kremer

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When people are placed in a situation where they are at risk of substantiating a negative stereotype about their social group (a scenario termed stereotype threat), the extra pressure to avoid this outcome can undermine their performance. Substantial and consistent gender disparities in STEM fields leave women vulnerable to stereotype threat, including the stereotype that women are not as good at generating creative and innovative ideas as men. We tested whether female students' creative thinking is affected by a stereotype threat by …

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