New research may provide insight as to why, despite progress over the last few decades, women remain underrepresented in math-heavy majors and professions. In an article published in the January issue ...

Implicit bias is a term that's being used with increasing frequency, and you may nod your head when you hear it but not fully understand it. So, what is implicit bias, exactly? Psychologists define it ...

thoughts that people may be unwilling to express or may not even know that they have - may have a powerful effect on gender equity in science and mathematics engagement and performance, according to a ...

Men are more likely than are women to be seen as "brilliant," finds a new study measuring global perceptions linked to gender. The work concludes that these stereotyped views are an instance of ...

A study shows that recruitment of women is affected when members of a scientific evaluation committee deny that gender discrimination is a problem. (Courtesy: iStock/skynesher) Members of scientific ...

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 ...

A new review of noninvasive brain stimulation (NBS) by Harvard researchers offers fresh clues about specific brain regions that may be associated with holding stereotypical “implicit bias” towards ...

Scientists describe how non-invasive brain stimulation -- a technique he and others have pioneered to unlock the secrets of the brain -- could shed light on the neurobiology underlying implicit bias.

This post was authored in collaboration with Chiara Terzo, a research fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology (Center for Translational Neurophysiology of Speech and Communication). Despite ...

Women entrepreneurs receive a tiny fraction of venture-capital funds, and new research points to a surprising reason why: the questions investors ask female founders. A team of management and ...

Frantz, C.M., A.J.C. Cuddy, M. Burnett, H. Ray, and A. Hart. "A Threat in the Computer: The Race Implicit Association Test As a Stereotype Threat Experience ...