Intergroup theory explores how people behave, think, and feel when they belong to different social groups like “us” versus ...

This racial intergroup bias in empathy is ubiquitous, but researchers have performed small, carefully planned experiments showing that it is not insurmountable.

Juneteenth (June 19) marks the formal and permanent end of slavery in the US. Here is a Darwinian/humanist take on why this ...

A series of maps created by a UCR professor highlights hot spots for intergroup bias across the nation. The researchers aggregated data to determine the regions where implicit and explicit bias ...

In our work teaching, facilitating and participating in intergroup dialogues, we have seen students recognize bias and acknowledge how they contribute to it for the first time in their lives. And, ...

Confirmation bias means we selectively focus on characteristics or information that confirms existing beliefs about in-groups and out-groups. For example, suppose you believe your in-group is more ...

This hostile attribution bias may contribute to increased intergroup hostility and authoritarian behavior in the long run, according to study co-author and NCRI Chief Science Officer Joel Finkelstein.

Loustau is a Ph.D. student in social psychology at Boston College, studying social identity, moral judgment, and intergroup bias. She is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and ...

Explore how implicit biases shape human societies, backed by psychology and neuroscience research, to understand intergroup dynamics better.