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New research provides evidence that people generally have a positive implicit bias towards women and a negative implicit bias towards men, as well as a similar but less consistent implicit bias in favor of people from higher social classes. But the new research, which examined data from nearly 6,000 individuals, found inconsistent evidence for implicit biases based on race. ...

 E-Mail BOSTON -- More than 80% of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, according to recent research published in the February issue of Health Affairs. The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 714 practicing physicians from multiple specialties and locations across the country about their attitudes toward patients with disabilities. "That physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability wasn't surprising," sa...

More than 80 percent of U.S. physicians reported that people with significant disabilities have worse quality of life than nondisabled people, an attitude that may contribute to health care disparities among people with disability, according to recent research published in the February issue of Health Affairs. The first-of-its-kind study surveyed 714 practicing physicians from multiple specialties and locations across the country about their attitudes toward patients with disabilities. “That physicians have negative attitudes about patients with disability wasn’t surprising,” said Lisa...

Society and say i'm against a particular racial group. >> i want to underscore what kenji said in terms of unconscious bias. it's absolutely correct to emphasize structural problems but many people are aware of the fact they harbor a bias. if you're in a place where people are smoking, you're inhaling the smoke, you may not be a smoker but you're still inhaling the passive smoke. this to me is not just about structure but the way in which people individually claim they don't see race because psychologically they are attuned not to admit they see it. so on these tests you can take, implicit ass...