New Book Suggests Biases Are Widespread: “Men are better suited for math and science than women. Whites have more positive feelings toward other whites than blacks. The young are preferred over older people.

These are just a few of the biases discussed by social psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Thierry Devos in their article, ‘Implicit Self and Identity’, published in The Self: From Soul to Brain, Volume 1001 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Based on a recent Academy conference, the book offers the latest research from 16 experts in the areas of neuroscience, cognitive science, social and developmental psychology, anthropology, philosophy and theology. Their article is one of many that examine how the neurological aspects of our unconscious selves influence our explicit, psychological, social and spiritual selves.” —New York Academy of Sciences press release