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 ...
New research may provide insight as to why, despite progress over the last few decades, women remain underrepresented in math-heavy majors and professions. In an article published in the January issue ...
A study shows that recruitment of women is affected when members of a scientific evaluation committee deny that gender discrimination is a problem. (Courtesy: iStock/skynesher) Members of scientific ...
Men are more likely than are women to be seen as "brilliant," finds a new study measuring global perceptions linked to gender. The work concludes that these stereotyped views are an instance of ...
A new review of noninvasive brain stimulation (NBS) by Harvard researchers offers fresh clues about specific brain regions that may be associated with holding stereotypical “implicit bias” towards ...
Dr. Tamika Cross was on her way to Minneapolis when a patient onboard had a medical emergency. Dr. Cross had quickly rushed to the patient when the flight attendant called for a doctor, only to be ...
During Monday’s debate, moderator Lester Holt asked candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton what they would do to improve United States race relations. Clinton replied that race has remained “a ...
Women entrepreneurs receive a tiny fraction of venture-capital funds, and new research points to a surprising reason why: the questions investors ask female founders. A team of management and ...
Frantz, C.M., A.J.C. Cuddy, M. Burnett, H. Ray, and A. Hart. "A Threat in the Computer: The Race Implicit Association Test As a Stereotype Threat Experience ...