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Measuring the implicit biases we may not even be aware we have

  • Written by Kate Ratliff, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Florida
imageIntrospection won't necessarily reveal what's going on in there.Photo by Septian simon on Unsplash, CC BY

When most people think of bias, they imagine an intentional thought or action – for example, a conscious belief that women are worse than men at math or a deliberate decision to pull someone over because of his or her race. Gender and...

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