We all have implicit or subconscious assumptions, as noted in a prior post on assumptions undergirding White-European supremacy. Implicit associations are a normal part of developing our understanding ...

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 ...

Through the use of the Implicit Association Test, researchers at Harvard have found a better way to predict self-injurious behavior. The test does not rely on the individual to articulate their ...

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, a term for automatically activated mental associations, is often seen as a primary cause of discrimination against social groups such as women and racial minorities. But a new look at ...

Philosophers have long theorized about the inner workings of moral decision-making. With a few important exceptions, rational thought has taken a dominant position in this literature. Recently however ...

Recent media coverage of a series of meta-analyses (Greenwald et al., 2009; 2015; Oswald et al., 2013; Blanton et al., 2015) has raised the question of the usefulness of attempting to measure implicit ...