“…As discussed above, environmental cues can influence what percepts form during social perception, and agents’ stronger priors can be uniquely difficult to undo. This is a particular problem for prejudice, as the most strongly prejudiced beliefs could be the most difficult to undo ( Hung, 2023 ). Indeed, more strongly held beliefs are less amendable to update than those less strongly held ( Kunda and Sinclair, 1999 ; Sinclair and Kunda, 1999 ; Jost et al, 2017 ), decreasing the probability of belief update, independent of their accuracy ( Kunda and Sinclair, 1999 ; Sinclair and Kunda, 1999 ).…”