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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study revealed that medical students held an implicit preference for people who were male, white, young, ...

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A new paper explored the presence of weight bias – “holding negative beliefs, attitudes, judgements and assumptions about people living with overweight or obesity” – in Australian healthcare students.

(TNS) — Latisha Littles recently dropped her primary care physician. The decision was long in coming. Littles, who is 49 years old and Black, suffers from lupus and end-stage kidney disease. She said ...

Implicit bias refers to bias in judgment that operates without intentional control and typically without conscious awareness. The targets of implicit bias are generally groups toward which prejudice ...

On January 1, 2017, I assumed the role of District Attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit (DeKalb County, Georgia). Like many newly elected officials, I had a long list of goals I wanted to ...

Latisha Littles recently dropped her primary care physician. The decision was long in coming. Littles, who is 49 years old and Black, suffers from lupus and end-stage kidney disease. She said her ...