What is the mental representation that is responsible for implicit bias? What is this representation that mediates between the trigger and the biased behavior? My claim is that this representation is neither a propositional attitude nor a mere association (as the two major accounts of implicit bias claim). Rather, it is mental imagery: perceptual processing that is not directly triggered by sensory input. I argue that this view captures the advantages of the two standard accounts without inheriting their disadvantages. Further, this view also explains why manipulating mental imagery is among the most efficient ways of counteracting implicit bias.

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作为心理意象的内隐偏见

导致隐性偏见的心理表征是什么？这种在触发因素和有偏见的行为之间中介的表征是什么？我的主张是，这种表示既不是一种命题态度，也不是一种单纯的联想（正如隐含偏见的两个主要解释所声称的那样）。相反，它是心理意象：不是由感官输入直接触发的知觉处理。我认为这种观点抓住了两个标准账户的优点，但没有继承它们的缺点。此外，这种观点还解释了为什么操纵心理意象是抵消内隐偏见的最有效方法之一。