Posts Tagged ‘bias’
Impartial experts not so impartial
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Researchers find that many “impartial” expert witnesses lose sight of objectivity and tend to come to conclusions that align with those who pay for their services. Continue…
Monday, April 29, 2013 17:01 - 3 Comments
Society & Culture - Apr 24, 2013 8:58 - 0 Comments
With a posse, threats seem less scary
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Like hyenas, humans perceive threats as closer than they really are. But mix in others from their group, and that misperception disappears. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2013 10:55 - 3 Comments
Laws could protect gay job applicants
RICE (US) — Laws against discrimination can have a significant positive impact on how gays and lesbians are treated in employment situations, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 18, 2013 12:19 - 2 Comments
Can culture protect genetics from misuse?
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugenics. The concept of culture can protect genetics from a similar fate, an anthropologist argues. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 31, 2012 14:38 - 4 Comments
Proud Black teens do better in school
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — African American teenagers perform better academically when their parents instill in them a sense of racial pride. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 30, 2012 15:23 - 2 Comments
Plagiarism software tracks anti-Muslim bias
UNC-CHAPEL HILL / U. MICHIGAN (US) — Since 9/11, organizations using fear and anger to spread negative messages about Muslims have moved from the fringes of public discourse into the mainstream media, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 9, 2012 11:00 - 0 Comments
Doctors just say ‘no’ to drug company studies
U. ARIZONA (US) — Physicians are less likely to trust the results of clinical trials when they know the trials were funded by pharmaceutical companies, regardless of the quality of the research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 24, 2012 12:04 - 1 Comment
Scientists aren’t immune to gender bias
YALE (US) — Despite being trained to ignore subjective criteria, a new study shows that both male and female scientists reveal gender bias when evaluating job applicants. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 7, 2012 12:02 - 0 Comments
Kids who hear stereotype believe it, and more
NYU / PRINCETON (US) — Hearing generalizations about a group of people, like “boys have short hair,” can lead children to endorse a range of other stereotypes about the group. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 25, 2012 15:13 - 1 Comment
Laws may keep obesity bias out of hiring
VANDERBILT (US) — Two US cities could provide a national model for combating workplace discrimination because of obesity, according to a new paper. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 18, 2012 16:24 - 0 Comments
Racial bias may lower benefits of economic status
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Racial discrimination could lessen the mental-health benefits usually associated with better socio-economic position for African-American men, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 31, 2012 14:46 - 4 Comments
To be happy at work, be true to yourself
RICE (US) — Hiding your true social identity at work can result in decreased job satisfaction and increased turnover, a new study shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 24, 2012 17:13 - 8 Comments
In juvenile crime, race may affect sentence
STANFORD (US) — If people imagine a juvenile offender to be black, they are more willing to hand down harsher sentences to all juvenile offenders, a new study reports. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 17, 2012 12:19 - 0 Comments
Big threat to women CEOs? Other women
WASHINGTON U.- ST. LOUIS (US) — Women who are high-status executives are often threatened by other women—and may not support them as potential high-prestige peers at work. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 9, 2012 10:17 - 4 Comments
Some anti-gay bias may be self-directed
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Homophobia is more pronounced in people with unacknowledged attraction to the same sex, according to a new study. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 6, 2012 10:26 - 3 Comments
Teachers may doubt girls’ skills in math
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — High school math teachers’ perceptions of their female students’ abilities may be skewed by bias. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 17, 2011 11:47 - 4 Comments
How to get (and give) better advice
CARNEGIE MELLON/ DUKE (US) — Advisers feel more empathy and may be more motivated to offer unbiased advice when they are advising one known recipient, rather than an anonymous group, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2011 11:44 - 1 Comment
Voters savvy to newspaper bias
BROWN (US) — Newspaper endorsements for presidential candidates can influence voting decisions, but only if the paper’s pick is a credible one. (more…)
