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New research suggests that Americans are showing a reduction in some implicit biases. Explore OHM’s interactive maps to see how implicit age, race, and sexuality biases have changed from 2007 to 2016 across the U.S.

This demo, based on experiments by Professors Dan Levin and Mahzarin Banaji, lets you test a powerful illusion for yourself. Try it for yourself.

Want more? Watch our video on Illusions at Work.

The sequence 2, 4, 8 follows a rule. Can you figure out what it is? Try to outsmart the confirmation bias with this demo from the New York Times.

Want more? Listen to our podcast “The DNA is a Match”: Confirmation Bias

Do you know what “competence” looks like? Try this quiz, based on Professor Alexander Todorov’s 2005 experiment, to learn what your impressions predict.

Want more? Watch our video About Face.

Which is more likely: achieving sainthood or winning the jackpot? Are you sure? This short quiz may shake your confidence, and have you asking “How do I know that’s true?”.

Want more? Listen to our podcast The Availability Bias.

We all help around the house. But how much? This simple task requires having a housemate of some sort (a partner, a roommate) who’s willing to try it too. Based on the 1979 study by psychologists Michael Ross and Fiore Sicoly.

Want more? Listen to our podcast The Availability Bias.

Here’s a little memory test designed by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (1973) to reveal a cognitive blindspot. Try it for yourself, and listen to our podcast The Availability Bias to learn more about this quirky bias.

What does your face say about you? Visit the Social Perception Lab for more demonstrations on how faces influence our first impressions (even when they shouldn’t).

Want more? Watch our video About Face.

There’s a simple test that’s been making fools of us since the 1930s. Can you beat it? Try the Stroop Task.

Want more? Watch our video “Strooped!”

The Implicit Association Test (IAT), administered by Project Implicit® is a test of mental association. Project Implicit offers opportunities for education on how our minds represent social groups in society: attitudes and stereotypes about age, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, and more. Millions of tests have been taken by people around the world. Take a test at implicit.harvard.edu.

Want more? Listen to our podcasts: Implicit Revolution Part 1, Part 2