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 ...

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 ...

Implicit bias is a term that’s being used with increasing frequency, and you may nod your head when you hear it but not fully understand it. So, what is implicit bias, exactly? Psychologists define it ...

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 ...

Fair-minded people can discriminate. Implicit bias describes the phenomenon that occurs when we unconsciously make negative or positive associations about certain groups of people. These associations ...

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 ...

Unless you are a cinder block or some other inanimate object, you have implicit bias. Just like body odor or flatulence, it is part of being human and can be a problem if you don't recognize it. A ...

Philosophers have long theorized about the inner workings of moral decision-making. With a few important exceptions, rational thought has taken a dominant position in this literature. Recently however ...

Implicit bias, a term for automatically activated mental associations, is often seen as a primary cause of discrimination against social groups such as women and racial minorities. But a new look at ...

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 ...