Affinity Bias: We all have a natural tendency to gravitate toward people similar to us in terms of race, ethnicity, gender, age and lifestyle. This unconscious bias can lead us to hire people who look ...

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 ...

Confirmation bias happens when you unconsciously focus on ideas that match what you already believe. Possible reasons include wishful thinking, anxiety, info overload, and the need to protect yourself ...

Tasting food is an essential skill for chefs, but the challenge lies in doing so without personal bias. Chefs employ various techniques to ensure their evaluations are objective, allowing them to ...

When it comes to hiring diverse candidates, good intentions do not necessarily lead to good results. Often well-intentioned hiring managers end up inadvertently weeding out qualified candidates from ...

If someone asked you whether people of different genders should be treated equally or Black people deserved the same opportunities as white people, odds are you’d say yes. But everyone, even the best ...

T.J. Thomson receives funding from the Australian Research Council through DE230101233, DP210100859, and LP220100208. Ryan J. Thomas does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...

Our waking hours are bombarded with more information than can be absorbed. From 2009 to 2017, the amount of data that enters the human brain more than doubled from 34GB of data per day to 74GB. [1] ...