Unconscious bias (also known as implicit bias) refers to unconscious forms of discrimination and stereotyping based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, age, and so on.

2. Appearance Bias. This type of unconscious bias involves judging someone based on how they look. The physical attributes used to treat people differently include hair color, weight, height and ...

Unconscious biases are mental shortcuts that help us process information quickly. They can be useful when leveraged against objects — a bias against hot stoves protects us from getting burned ...

Racial and gender-based bias has often been dismissed as 'unconscious.' Unconscious bias has been blamed for contributing to the Black maternal mortality crisis. When we only talk about ...

Unconscious biases, Gupta says, stem from "stereotypes or false ideas about a person because of one or more of their identities," like their gender, ethnicity, or religion.

The idea was to see if the teachers had any unconscious biases. After the teachers evaluated the student solutions, we asked a series of questions about their beliefs and experiences.

Take our quiz to learn more about disability bias. Research shows that unconscious bias against disabled people is common, but experts say it is difficult to recognize By Amanda Morris ...

Nearly 2,000 studies have now been conducted on unconscious bias and the results are conclusive: We all have it, and most of what we think and do is in the “unconscious” domain.

One of the most pervasive biases in custody evaluations stems from what might be called "affinity scripts" – the unconscious preference for people who remind us of ourselves or those we admire.