Unconscious bias in action

Unconscious Bias.

Unconscious vision in action.

The dorsal visual processing stream has been suggested to be involved with the unconscious processing of visual information for visually guided actions. In this study, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was used to gate input into the dorsal visual processing stream by disrupting primary visual cortex (V1) function. Despite restricting geniculostriate processing contributions in the dorsal...

Running head: UNCONSCIOUS THREAT AND BIAS IN TIBET Unconscious threat and judgment bias in Tibetan Buddhists

Individuals who have been subtly reminded of death display heightened in-group favouritism, or “worldview defense.” Terror management theory argues (i) that death cues engender worldview defense via psychological mechanisms specifically evolved to suppress death anxiety, and (ii) that the core function of religiosity is to suppress death anxiety. Thus, terror management theory predicts that ext...

Unconscious Bias Theory in Employment Discrimination Litigation

Deborah, an African American woman, worked as an administrative assistant for her employer for several years. She consistently received positive performance reviews until she came under the supervision of a new administrative director, Joan, who is white. One of only a handful of minority employees, Deborah became subjected to increased scrutiny by Joan, who singled her out by requiring her to ...

Understanding Unconscious Bias and Unintentional Racism

n the blink of an eye, unconscious bias was visible to me, an Mrican American. A man saw my face as I walked into the store and unconsciously checked his wallet. On the street, a woman catches my eye a halfblock away and moves her purse from the handle of her baby's stroller to her side as she arranges the baby's blanket. In the airport, a man sig­ nals to his wife to move her purse so it is no...