Bias and regulation are decoupled in agent systems. The intergroup bias appears to be intrinsic and difficult to eliminate.

At this point, most of us know that to be human is to be biased. At any given moment, we are faced with 11 billion bits of information and our brain can only actively process 40 of them. There’s a ...

We all tend to make unconscious judgments about people based on their social identities and the cultural stereotypes that cling to them. But bias can be disastrous for its targets, affecting their ...

The in-group/out-group divide. Source: TherapyEverywhere/Open AI Human beings need to belong. From our earliest cave-dwelling ancestors, membership in a clan or tribe was a requirement for survival.

Source: Artwork by Alexi Berry. Used with permission. I write a great deal about how the unconscious influences behavior and how our own minds deceive us. This post focuses on one such way, in-group / ...

Most workplaces are dominated by men and operate in accordance with masculine norms, values, and expectations. In other words, our workplaces are highly gendered. As a result, women generally have a ...

At birth, our minds are like blank sponges ready to absorb new information. Then, as we grow up, we may start to let some of what we’ve learned mess with how we take on new information. This is known ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. Professors from Hamilton College set out to test interventions ...

As discussed in the previous article on biases, we can understand some of the misconceptions around Bitcoin by looking at different cognitive biases and their effect on people’s understanding of ...

Cognitive biases can pop up when your brain uses existing knowledge to make decisions quickly. In some cases, cognitive bias may lead you to make a snap judgment before thinking things through.