🧠 Implicit Bias

Research-driven explorations of the unconscious prejudices that shape our perceptions, decisions, and institutions. These books reveal the hidden mechanics of discrimination and ask how we can counteract what we don't even see.

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions

by Alyssa Blask Campbell • 2023

A screaming child can't hear reason. The person who needs to regulate first is you.

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🧘 Conscious Parenting 🧒 Early Childhood 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🔗 Attachment Theory 🔬 Neuroscience Parenting

Tiny Humans, Big Emotions

A screaming child can't hear reason. The person who needs to regulate first is you.

by Alyssa Blask Campbell 2023

4.07

5k+ ratings

🧘 Conscious Parenting 🧒 Early Childhood 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🔗 Attachment Theory 🔬 Neuroscience Parenting

Unfair

by Adam Benforado • 2015

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

4.05

2k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions 👁️ Eyewitness Memory

Unfair

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

by Adam Benforado 2015

4.05

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions 👁️ Eyewitness Memory

Blindspot

by Mahzarin R. Banaji • 2013

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

3.72

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🧠 Cognitive Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Blindspot

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013

3.72

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism ⚖️ Moral Psychology

Grading for Equity

by Joe Feldman • 2018

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

4.19

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📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading 🌱 Growth Mindset 🎯 Mastery Learning

Grading for Equity

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

by Joe Feldman 2018

4.19

2k+ ratings

📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading 🌱 Growth Mindset 🎯 Mastery Learning

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People

by Harvard Business Publishing • 2010

The ten management articles that move you from accidental boss to deliberate leader.

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👥 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership ⬆️ Managing Upward 💬 Performance Feedback 💖 Emotional Intelligence

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People

The ten management articles that move you from accidental boss to deliberate leader.

by Harvard Business Publishing 2010

4.00

2k+ ratings

👥 People Management 🤝 Team Leadership ⬆️ Managing Upward 💬 Performance Feedback 💖 Emotional Intelligence

America's Original Sin

by Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

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✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

by Jim Wallis 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

Subliminal

by Leonard Mlodinow • 2012

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

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🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Constructed Reality 🤝 Social Cognition

Subliminal

The unconscious builds reality, distorts memory, and chooses your friends. You just take the credit.

by Leonard Mlodinow 2012

4.05

14k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Psychology 🌊 Unconscious Processing ⚖️ Cognitive Biases 🏗️ Constructed Reality 🤝 Social Cognition

Biased

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt • 2019

Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.

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🧩 Cognitive Bias 🚫 Racial Prejudice 🏛️ Institutional Racism 👮 Policing Bias 🏷️ Stereotyping

Biased

Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.

by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 2019

4.31

9k+ ratings

🧩 Cognitive Bias 🚫 Racial Prejudice 🏛️ Institutional Racism 👮 Policing Bias 🏷️ Stereotyping

The Broken Ladder

by Keith Payne • 2018

Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.

4.20

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🪞 Social Comparison 💰 Economic Inequality ⏳ Scarcity Mindset ⚖️ Relative Deprivation 🗳️ Political Polarization

The Broken Ladder

Inequality doesn't just divide bank accounts. It rewires how we think, vote, and age.

by Keith Payne 2018

4.20

4k+ ratings

🪞 Social Comparison 💰 Economic Inequality ⏳ Scarcity Mindset ⚖️ Relative Deprivation 🗳️ Political Polarization

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo • 2018

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

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✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

So You Want to Talk About Race

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

by Ijeoma Oluo 2018

4.48

108k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

Delusions of Gender

by Cordelia Fine • 2010

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

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🧠 Gender And Brain 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Delusions of Gender

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

by Cordelia Fine 2010

4.08

11k+ ratings

🧠 Gender And Brain 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience 🤔 Cognitive Biases

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

by Emmanuel Acho • 2020

What to say when you want to help but fear saying the wrong thing about race.

4.38

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✊ Antiracism 🏛️ Systemic Racism ⚪ White Privilege 🎭 Cultural Appropriation 🤝 Allyship

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

What to say when you want to help but fear saying the wrong thing about race.

by Emmanuel Acho 2020

4.38

29k+ ratings

✊ Antiracism 🏛️ Systemic Racism ⚪ White Privilege 🎭 Cultural Appropriation 🤝 Allyship

The Myth of Equality

by Ken Wytsma • 2017

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

4.32

892

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals 🕊️ Racial Reconciliation

The Myth of Equality

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

by Ken Wytsma 2017

4.32

892 ratings

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals 🕊️ Racial Reconciliation

The Conversation

by Robert Livingston • 2021

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

4.36

561

✊ Antiracism Practice 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics 🆔 Social Identity Theory

The Conversation

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

by Robert Livingston 2021

4.36

561 ratings

✊ Antiracism Practice 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics 🆔 Social Identity Theory

The Tell

by Matthew Hertenstein • 2013

Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.

3.20

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🧠 Social Psychology 🔪 Thin Slicing 👀 Nonverbal Cues 🤥 Lie Detection 👶 Attachment Theory

The Tell

Facial structure predicts profits. Infant glances predict temperament. The science of fleeting cues.

by Matthew Hertenstein 2013

3.20

500 ratings

🧠 Social Psychology 🔪 Thin Slicing 👀 Nonverbal Cues 🤥 Lie Detection 👶 Attachment Theory

The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context

by Pat Ogden • 2021

Body. Bias. Relationship. A pocket guide to the three missing pillars of trauma therapy.

4.18

🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Therapy 🌏 Cultural Competence 🤝 Relational Psychoanalysis 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Pocket Guide to Sensorimotor Psychotherapy in Context

Body. Bias. Relationship. A pocket guide to the three missing pillars of trauma therapy.

by Pat Ogden 2021

4.18

17 ratings

🧘 Somatic Therapy 💔 Trauma Therapy 🌏 Cultural Competence 🤝 Relational Psychoanalysis 🔗 Attachment Theory

The Wrongs of the Right

by Matthew W. Hughey • 2014

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

3.71

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers 🏛️ Critical Race Theory

The Wrongs of the Right

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

by Matthew W. Hughey 2014

3.71

7 ratings

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers 🏛️ Critical Race Theory

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