Rasha Kardosh
Rasha Kardosh is a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow in the Psychology Department at NYU. Rasha’s research centers on how the cognitive system represents the social diversity of our environments. Building on classical theories and paradigms from social psychology and cognitive science, she explores the different cognitive processes that underlie our (mis)perceptions of diversity, and how these misperceptions guide our social views.
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[...] Rasha Kardosh Rina Schwartz Our cognitive system is tuned toward spotting the uncommon and unexpected. We propose that individuals coming from minority groups are, by definition, just that—uncommon and often unexpected. Consequently, they are psychologically salient in perception, memory, and visual awareness. This minority salience creates a tendency to overestimate the prevalence of minorities, leading to an erroneous picture of our social environments—an illusion of diversity. [...]