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Melissa Ferguson

Professor of Psychology

Yale University

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Cognitive Science

Psychology

Melissa Ferguson is currently serving as a Cognitive Science Professor of Psychology at Yale University.

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Yale University

Professor of Psychology

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psychology behavioral sciences cognitive science social psychology experimental psychology experimental social psychology social sciences social cognition psychological science applied social psychology attitude theory cognition human behavior motivation bias behavioral research behavioral decision making applied cognitive psychology cognitive psychology personality personality psychology unconscious bias applied psychology educational psychology implicit evaluations cognitive bias mitigation automatic evaluation implicit memory personality assessment social identity racial prejudice american flag human decision process behavioural process psychosocial research social bias goal pursuit implicit impressions decision science human cognition personality science sexism user perception attribution theory decision analysis behavioral measurements achievement motivation evaluative readiness psychological methods experiment design scholarly communication bias detection creativity assessment manipulation (psychology) achievement goals gendered perceptions gender disparities implicit first impressions affect misattribution procedure implicit nationalism surveillance task implicit positivity psychological bulletin feminist studies gender theory human sexuality commitment model psychodynamic gender divide experimental psychopathology information hiding everyday sexism daily diary studies goal construct social perception social cognitive theory

Notable Scholarly Works

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The Role of Diagnosticity in Judging Robot Competence. Scientific Reports (2026)

intelligent robotcognitive roboticssocially assistive robotsroboticsdifferential psychologysocial roboticspsychologyhuman robot interactionhuman agent interactionrobot competencecognitive scienceexperimental psychologycognition

Cognitive Underpinnings and Ecological Correlates of Implicit Bias Against Non-Americans in the United States. Scientific Reports (2025)

Benedek KurdiKeitaro OkuraEric HehmanMelissa J Ferguson

social biasethnic studiesbiasapplied social psychologysocial sciencespsychologyethnic discriminationunited statessocial cognitionsocial psychologyunconscious biassocial identityracial prejudiceexperimental social psychologyimplicit biasidentity (social science)cognitive underpinnings

Do Professional Errors Differentially Impact Women and Men? a Crowdsourced Test. Academy of Management Proceedings (2025)

sexismgendered perceptionssex rolesa crowdsourced testbiassocial sciencesgender studiesgender disparitiesgender inequalitywomen's studieshuman errorgender diversity

The Robustness of Implicit Evaluation Updating: Tests of Time Course and Resistance to the Return of Negativity. (2025)

Benedek KurdiThomas Cornell MannJordan AxtMelissa J. Ferguson

affectbehavioral measurementsinitial negativityexperimental social psychologyimplicit negativityexperimental psychologybehavioral decision makingbehavioral sciencesbehavioural processsocial cognitioncognitive sciencebehavior change (individual)applied social psychologypsychologysocial psychologyimplicit evaluation updatingbehavioral experimentspsychological sciencenegative results

The Temporal Dynamics of Self-Control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

voluntary controlbehavioural processhuman behaviorbehavioral researchdynamical systemsautonomytime perceptioncognitive sciencetemporal dynamicsnonlinear dynamicsbehavioral sciences

When Robots Are Surprising: The Role of Cue Diagnosticity in Judging Robot Competence. Research Square (2025)

socially assistive robotshumanrobot collaborationsocial roboticsexperimental social psychologyexperimental psychologycognitionbehavioral sciencessocial cognitionjudging robot competencecognitive sciencehuman robot interactioncognitive roboticshuman behaviorroboticspsychologycue diagnosticitybehavioral experimentsapplied cognitive psychologypsychological science

How Can We Change Implicit Bias Toward Outgroups?. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2024)

Melissa J. FergusonXi ShenJeremy ConeThomas C. Mann

social biasbiassocial sciencespsychologyunconscious biascognitive bias mitigationimplicit biasbehavioral sciences

Implicit Bias Against Non-Americans in the United States: Cognitive Underpinnings and Ecological Correlates. (2024)

Benedek KurdiKeitaro OkuraEric HehmanMelissa Ferguson

ethnic studiesbiasapplied social psychologysocial sciencespsychologyethnic discriminationunited statessocial cognitionsocial psychologyunconscious biassocial identitycognitive underpinningsracial prejudiceexperimental social psychologyimplicit biasidentity (social science)psychological sciencebehavioral sciences

Judging Robot Ability: How People Form Implicit and Explicit Impressions of Robot Competence.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2024)

Nicholas SurdelYochanan E BigmanXi ShenWen-Ying LeeMalte F JungMelissa J Ferguson

social behaviorcognitive roboticssocially assistive robotshuman behaviorsocial roboticspsychologyexperimental social psychologyrobot abilitysocial cognitionsocial psychologyhuman robot interactionimpression updatingcognitive scienceapplied cognitive psychologyexperimental psychologycognitionexplicit impressionsbehavioral sciences

Did Donald Trump’s Presidency Reshape Americans’ Prejudices?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2023)

Benjamin C. RuischMelissa J. Ferguson

social biaspolitical sciencepolitical psychologypsychologyracial prejudicecognitive science

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Melissa Ferguson

Professor of Psychology

Yale University

Affiliations

Cognitive Science

Psychology

Melissa Ferguson is currently serving as a Cognitive Science Professor of Psychology at Yale University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Melissa Ferguson

Yale University

Professor of Psychology

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Role of Diagnosticity in Judging Robot Competence. Scientific Reports (2026)

Cognitive Underpinnings and Ecological Correlates of Implicit Bias Against Non-Americans in the United States. Scientific Reports (2025)

Benedek KurdiKeitaro OkuraEric HehmanMelissa J Ferguson

Do Professional Errors Differentially Impact Women and Men? a Crowdsourced Test. Academy of Management Proceedings (2025)

sexismgendered perceptionssex rolesa crowdsourced testbiassocial sciencesgender studiesgender disparitiesgender inequalitywomen's studieshuman errorgender diversity

The Robustness of Implicit Evaluation Updating: Tests of Time Course and Resistance to the Return of Negativity. (2025)

Benedek KurdiThomas Cornell MannJordan AxtMelissa J. Ferguson

The Temporal Dynamics of Self-Control. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

voluntary controlbehavioural processhuman behaviorbehavioral researchdynamical systemsautonomytime perceptioncognitive sciencetemporal dynamicsnonlinear dynamicsbehavioral sciences

When Robots Are Surprising: The Role of Cue Diagnosticity in Judging Robot Competence. Research Square (2025)

How Can We Change Implicit Bias Toward Outgroups?. Cambridge University Press eBooks (2024)

Melissa J. FergusonXi ShenJeremy ConeThomas C. Mann

social biasbiassocial sciencespsychologyunconscious biascognitive bias mitigationimplicit biasbehavioral sciences

Implicit Bias Against Non-Americans in the United States: Cognitive Underpinnings and Ecological Correlates. (2024)

Benedek KurdiKeitaro OkuraEric HehmanMelissa Ferguson

Judging Robot Ability: How People Form Implicit and Explicit Impressions of Robot Competence.. Journal of Experimental Psychology General (2024)

Nicholas SurdelYochanan E BigmanXi ShenWen-Ying LeeMalte F JungMelissa J Ferguson

Did Donald Trump’s Presidency Reshape Americans’ Prejudices?. Trends in Cognitive Sciences (2023)

Benjamin C. RuischMelissa J. Ferguson

social biaspolitical sciencepolitical psychologypsychologyracial prejudicecognitive science

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