Dehumanization: trends, insights, and challenges

“They're Not True Humans:” Beliefs about Moral Character Drive Denials of Humanity

(2022) Ben Phillips   COGNITIVE SCIENCE

People attribute humanness to men and women differently based on their facial appearance.

(2021) Ravin Alaei et al.   JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

No convincing evidence outgroups are denied uniquely human characteristics: Distinguishing intergroup preference from trait-based dehumanization

(2021) Florence E. Enock et al.   COGNITION

Metadehumanization erodes democratic norms during the 2020 presidential election

(2021) Alexander P. Landry et al.   Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy

Social, psychological, and demographic characteristics of dehumanization toward immigrants

(2020) David M. Markowitz et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exaggerated meta-perceptions predict intergroup hostility between American political partisans

(2020) Samantha L. Moore-Berg et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inaccurate group meta-perceptions drive negative out-group attributions in competitive contexts

(2019) Jeffrey Lees et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

Reply to Fincher et al.: Conceptual specificity in dehumanization research is a feature, not a bug

(2018) Tage S. Rai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Our humanity contains multitudes: Dehumanization is more than overlooking mental capacities

(2018) Katrina M. Fincher et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How might eating disorders stigmatization worsen eating disorders symptom severity? Evaluation of a stigma internalization model

(2018) Scott Griffiths et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS

The enemy as animal: Symmetric dehumanization during asymmetric warfare

(2017) Emile Bruneau et al.   PLoS One

Intergroup Contact and Outgroup Humanization: Is the Causal Relationship Uni- or Bidirectional?

(2017) Dora Capozza et al.   PLoS One

Dehumanization increases instrumental violence, but not moral violence

(2017) Tage S. Rai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Racial bias in pain assessment and treatment recommendations, and false beliefs about biological differences between blacks and whites

(2016) Kelly M. Hoffman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dehumanization and Infrahumanization

(2013) Nick Haslam et al.   Annual Review of Psychology

Seeing human: Distinct and overlapping neural signatures associated with two forms of dehumanization

(2013) Anthony I. Jack et al.   NEUROIMAGE

The Roles of Dehumanization and Moral Outrage in Retributive Justice

(2013) Brock Bastian et al.   PLoS One

Causes and consequences of mind perception

(2010) Adam Waytz et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES