In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how machines can be reflections of ...
Computer Sciences
Apr 13, 2017
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(Phys.org) —A study conducted by business and economic researchers Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales, has found that both men and women hold biases against women's math abilities. In their paper published ...
If there's one thing we should all be able to agree on, it's that all human beings belong to the same species, Homo sapiens.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2023
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Is gender bias in hiring really a thing? Opinions vary, but a new study by a UBC psychologist and researchers in France reveals that hiring committees who denied it's a problem were less likely to promote women.
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2019
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With the possible exception of those people who still seem to think it's OK to throw their McDonald's bag out the car window, most people like to be seen as environmentally conscious—or at least reasonably respectful of ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2024
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Roughly six million Black people moved away from the American South during the Great Migration between 1910 and 1970, hoping to escape racial violence and discrimination while pursuing economic and educational opportunities. ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2023
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Working for a big company or in an HR role does not lower the likelihood of showing unconscious bias against disabled people at work, a new study finds.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2023
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Snakes rank among Americans' top animal phobias, and are among the most disliked animals globally. A new study from North Carolina State University finds that the dislike of snakes is subconscious and, to some extent, learned.
Plants & Animals
Oct 22, 2021
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Six days after a prone and restrained George Floyd died under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien dismissed charges that racism is rampant among police by arguing that "a few ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2020
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Cognitive psychology examines how people view the world and what drives them to behave a certain way. These everyday decisions are shaped by countless factors. However, research on cognition often leaves out a key consideration—the ...
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2017
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