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, ...

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

With more companies embracing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts, it’s no surprise that unconscious bias has come to the forefront. Inherent in corporate cultures, unconscious bias (also ...

If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on, it's that all human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens. But a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

A new study presents data and a mathematical model to explain why there is more unconscious, or implicit, racial bias in some cities than others. The study, which brings together the math of cities ...

“Be deeply skeptical of your own minds,” Harvard Prof. Mahzarin Banaji said to a packed Statler auditorium Monday evening, referencing the implicit biases that lurk beneath everyday interactions. As ...

In the Wall Street Journal, Mahzarin Banaji and Frank Dobbin recently published “Why DEI Training Doesn’t Work—and How to Fix It,” a defense of implicit-bias research in the guise of a critique of ...

Participants were also assessed for their implicit and explicit biases towards autistic people and found that implicit bias predicted the amount of effort they were likely to put in for others. The ...

Some research has indicated that meditation can reduce implicit bias, and though it has limits, experts believe it may help decrease prejudice.

As a South Asian American Muslim woman who cares deeply about issues of equity and justice, I have been very engaged in a lot of progressive spaces for some time now. I am truly grateful for all my ...