Tag: Bias
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Julia Standefer, Iowa State University and L. Alison Phillips, Iowa State University
A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025,...
How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological...
Dannagal G. Young, University of Delaware
It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second...
Conservatives’ ‘anti-woke’ alternative to Disney has finally arrived
Nick Marx, Colorado State University
As fanfare blares, female sprinters at the starting line suspiciously eye a man in...
Workplace discrimination saps everyone’s motivation − even if it works in...
Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina
When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true...
Why guys who post a lot on social media are seen...
Andrew Edelblum, University of Dayton and Nathan B. Warren, BI Norwegian Business School
For better or worse, much of...
Math teachers hold a bias against girls when the teachers think...
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, University of Southern California; Ian Thacker, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Joseph Cimpian, New York University
Heteronormativity in health care is harmful for LGBTQ+ patients – and...
William Robertson, University of Memphis
Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community have long experienced prejudice...
Math teachers in virtual classes tend to view girls and Black...
Yasemin Copur-Gencturk, University of Southern California; Ian Thacker, The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Joseph Cimpian, New York University
EXPLORING NATURE
Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves...
Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound...
