What were the results of the studies of Payne (2001) and Amodio et al. (2004) when participants are asked to categorise objects as tools/weapons and the stimulus is preceded by a face?
A) A Black face followed by a tool led to slower responding (and a greater event-related negativity) relative to a Black face followed by a gun.
B) A Black face followed by a gun led to slower responding (and a greater event-related negativity) relative to a Black face followed by a tool.
C) A Black face followed by a tool led to slower responding (and a smaller event-related negativity) relative to a Black face followed by a gun.
D) A Black face followed by a gun led to slower responding (and a smaller event-related negativity) relative to a Black face followed by a tool.

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The studies by Payne (2001) and Amodio et al. (2004) found that participants were slower to categorize tools (and showed greater event-related negativity) when the tools were preceded by a Black face compared to when guns were preceded by a Black face. This suggests an implicit bias where Black faces are more readily associated with weapons than with neutral objects like tools.

What Were the Results of the Studies of Payne (2001)