In the midst of the chaos of the last presidential debate was an exchange that’s worth revisiting. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the Trump administration’s ...

I believe in the power of women to build inspiring careers in all types of fields. At least, that’s what I thought I believed. It’s what my conscious mind thinks, at least. My unconscious mind, ...

A quarter-century ago, social psychologist Anthony Greenwald of the University of Washington developed a test that exposed an uncomfortable aspect of the human mind: People have deep-seated biases of ...

We all have implicit or subconscious assumptions, as noted in a prior post on assumptions undergirding White-European supremacy. Implicit associations are a normal part of developing our understanding ...

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on American populations of color relative to white Americans should force us to examine how implicit bias contributes to health disparities. As of early January ...

As much as social equality is advocated in the United States, a new study suggests that besides evaluating their own race and religion most favorably, people share implicit hierarchies for racial, ...

Implicit bias is an unconscious assumption or stereotype that influences our perception of others. Even though you don't realize it, this can lead you to favor or disfavor a certain person, or group ...

Recent media coverage of a series of meta-analyses (Greenwald et al., 2009; 2015; Oswald et al., 2013; Blanton et al., 2015) has raised the question of the usefulness of attempting to measure implicit ...

We’re trying to have more meaningful conversations about racism as a country. Part of that means talking about implicit bias — assumptions and stereotypes that may influence our decisions and actions ...

Through the use of the Implicit Association Test, researchers at Harvard have found a better way to predict self-injurious behavior. The test does not rely on the individual to articulate their ...