An unconscious bias is one or more stereotypes, generalizations, or assumptions about certain groups of people that someone makes quickly (perhaps a snap judgment) without realizing they’ve made the ...

Unconscious health bias is a term that might sound complex, but it represents something many of us encounter daily without even realizing it. It refers to the subtle, often unnoticed attitudes and ...

Melinda Fouts, Ph.D., of Success Starts With You, author of Cognitive Enlightenment and awarded Top International Coach 2020 by the IAOTP. Have you ever taken a swim in the ocean and been stung by the ...

If you work at a company, university or large organization, you’ve probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender and racial discrimination in the workplace. Employers ...

To evaluate where you might be falling for unconscious bias caused by cognitive biases, first think about these three questions: What percentage of projects in your workplace miss the deadline or go ...

In the intricate world of health care, where every choice can mean the difference between life and death, an unseen force quietly influences outcomes: unconscious health bias. This subtle yet powerful ...

Leaders seeking to create inclusive work environments should start by understanding how unconscious biases can undermine those efforts. Unconscious biases are mental shortcuts that help us process ...

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 ...

A team of researchers at Michigan State University is using virtual reality to bring awareness to unconscious biases by placing people in "others' shoes." After George Floyd was murdered last year, ...

It is well documented that women who are sexually assaulted, or raped, rarely report the crime to the police. The US charity, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, has shown that 1 in 6 women ...

For decades, racial and gender-based bias has been dismissed as 'unconscious,' as something accidental and out of our control. Alternatively, conscious bias is framed as hateful and performed ...