Reply to Kardosh and Sklar: Prioritizing domain-general explanations of misperception
Abstract
Why do people overestimate the size of minority groups? Kardosh et al. (KSGPH) offered one answer: Minority group members are especially salient in perception and memory. This paper is part of a larger literature that explains misestimates based on features of the groups being estimated—e.g., whether members of a group are perceived as threatening, encountered frequently in daily life, or salient.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Face Recognition and Perception
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Volume
- 123
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e2531604123–e2531604123
- Publication date
- 23 February 2026
- Language
- EN