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 ...

Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji, creators of the Implicit Association Test (IAT), held a press conference along with Brian Nosek in 1998 to publicize the IAT and announce the launching of the ...

Implicit bias training is all the rage. Everybody is doing it: Universities, police departments, school systems, government offices. But what is it? People can define their terms any way they please.

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 ...

The California State Assembly is preparing to vote on three bills to require mandatory training on implicit bias for law enforcement officers, medical professionals, judges and trial lawyers. The ...

The healthcare industry is built upon the principle of providing equal and quality care to all patients, regardless of their race, gender, socioeconomic status or any other characteristics. As ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Implicit biases are basically thought processes that happen without you even knowing it, little mental shortcuts that hold ...

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies will plan a one and one half day workshop to advance the understanding of implicit bias. The workshop may: 1) consider the current state of scientific ...

CBS News contacted more than 150 police departments in big cities across the country to learn more about their implicit racial bias training as part of a year-long look into policing in America. The ...

Investigative reporters are among those journalists most driven by the field's foundational tenets to give voice to the voiceless and to shine light on injustice. But what's the line between exposing ...