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 ...

WASHINGTON, USA - MAY 29, 2018: A Starbucks store is seen in Washington, United States. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) There are many kinds of unconscious bias, but all of them ...

Affinity Bias: We all have a natural tendency to gravitate toward people similar to us in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, age and lifestyle. This unconscious bias can lead us to hire people who look ...

Inequality in the Digital Age: Harvard University Professor Mahzarin Banaji, an experimental psychologist who coined the term “implicit bias” nearly 40 years ago, has developed cutting-edge methods to ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, media labels such as “Wuhan virus,” “China virus” and “Chinese virus” to refer to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, fueled the stigmatization of people of Asian ...

The human brain is incredible and powerful, but it is not perfect. To process the overwhelming amount of information we […] ...

Many biases are the result of evolution. Source: Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay If you spend any time on Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook, odds are you’ve seen people railing about biases. The term bias is thrown ...

Algorithms are a staple of modern life. People rely on algorithmic recommendations to wade through deep catalogs and find the best movies, routes, information, products, people and investments.

The sometimes counterintuitive ways that our brains work can raise big questions. Why is it that we procrastinate, dragging our feet when we know we will regret it later? Why are misunderstandings and ...

Researchers examined decades of data to create a unifying theory to explain biases in perception. Photo-Illustration: Martha Morales/The University of Texas at Austin How humans perceive the world ...