Unlike explicit bias, which consists of the attitudes and assumptions we consciously recognize as part of our belief system, implicit bias refers to subconscious beliefs and attitudes about race, ...

Last week, Dr. Tamika Cross, a young Black OBGYN practicing in Texas, was barred from helping a sick passenger aboard a Delta flight because members of the crew refused to acknowledge her as a medical ...

Almost everyone is familiar with the problem. In the United States, Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be stopped, frisked, arrested, beaten, and shot by the police (National Academies of ...

Societal stigma against autistic people may influence how much effort individuals put into 'prosocial' or charitable behaviors, according to a new study. In a new study published in Research in Autism ...

The nightly news anchor announces an upcoming story about a man shooting a police officer during a robbery. What images flash in your head? Most likely, the person whose face appears in your mind is ...

Have you ever made an immediate connection with someone you just met, only to spend another 10 minutes with them and wonder: what you were thinking? What about the opposite? Initial impressions are ...

Meet Whitney A. White, the Co-Founder and CEO of Equity Commons, a pioneering force in combating implicit bias. Whitney’s commitment to creating more equitable environments shines through Equity ...

Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji, creators of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), held a press conference along with Brian Nosek in 1998 to publicize the IAT and announce the launching of the ...

I have stressed the importance of cognitive (or unconscious) bias training as a part of law students' professional identity development. (See Understanding and Overcoming Cognitive Biases For Lawyers ...