FeaturedPsychology·December 9, 2018·4 min readGender Bias Sways How We Perceive Competence in FacesA new study reports faces of people we believe to be more competent are also perceived to be more masculine.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 7, 2020·3 min readWomen seen as worse magicians despite identical skillsPeople consider male magicians to be more skilled than women, even when they perform the same trick. However, the gender bias disappears when people are asked to think more critically about the tricks performed and figure out their own solutions.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·April 6, 2021·6 min readResearch Identifies Gender Bias in Estimation of Patients’ PainFindings reveal female patients were perceived to be in less pain than males who reported and exhibited the same level of pain intensity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 20, 2021·3 min readA Study Finds Gender Bias in Music Recommendation AlgorithmsWidely used music algorithms are more likely to recommend and select music by male artists, at the detriment of female musicians. A new study addresses gender disparities in music-based algorithms.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·13 min readFor Neuroscientists and Researchers in General, a Checklist for Eliminating Gender BiasResearchers set forth a new summary of the forms gender bias can take and propose a new checklist to remedy the problems they discovered.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·June 23, 2022·4 min readResearchers Discover Solutions to Gender Bias in Autism DiagnosesStudy reports girls and boys show similar rates of concern for ASD and identifies several biases contributing to the inflated sex ratio for autism diagnosis. The findings could help with the early identification of girls on the autism spectrum.Read More
