2025
Examining our lens: how bias heightens disparities in trauma research
Timmer-Murillo S, Stadeli K, Higgins J, Strong B, Rakhit S, Fram B, Hall G, Robles A, Soltani T, Callcut R, Ho V, Villarreal C, Price M, Cronn S, Betzold R, Bixby P, Buehner M, Callcut R, Castañón L, Cronn S, de Moya M, Duchesne J, Fakhry S, Fram B, Hall G, Higgins J, Ho V, Jain A, Levi B, Moreno A, Pierrie S, Price M, Rakhit S, Robles A, Sims C, Soltani T, Stadeli K, Strong B, Swain S, Timmer-Murillo S, Tseng E, Villarreal C, West M, Zakrison T. Examining our lens: how bias heightens disparities in trauma research. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open 2025, 10: e001452. PMID: 40584750, PMCID: PMC12198817, DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2024-001452.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrauma researchImplicit biasReduce implicit biasInjury preventionSuboptimal careSocioeconomic statusInjury researchPrevention strategiesApplication of findingsEquity researchDisparitiesCareTraumatic injuryAbility statusGroup of peopleMultiple disciplinesTraumaStatusStereotypical beliefsBiasInjuryPracticeDevelopment of researchInterventionEthnicityA “Hyper-Recency” Bias in Memory Characterizes Both Psychoticism and Déjà Vu Experiences
Koller W, Ongchoco J, Bronstein M, Scholl B, Cannon T. A “Hyper-Recency” Bias in Memory Characterizes Both Psychoticism and Déjà Vu Experiences. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2025, 154: 1428-1444. PMID: 40372909, DOI: 10.1037/xge0001754.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychosis-like symptomsRecognition memory judgmentsLevels of psychoticismMemory judgmentsCognitive correlatesNovel stimuliCognitive processesPreregistered experimentsGeneral populationPsychoticismDeja VuPsychosisSubjective experienceStimuliRecencyMemorySymptomsReduced differentiationConflictJudgmentBiasParticipantsSource of conflictIllusionAttention Shifting Moderates the Association Between Threat Interpretation Bias and Anxiety in Youth
Modico M, Cabrera V, Jimenez S, Rey Y, Buzzell G, Silverman W, Pettit J. Attention Shifting Moderates the Association Between Threat Interpretation Bias and Anxiety in Youth. Cognitive Therapy And Research 2025, 1-9. DOI: 10.1007/s10608-025-10592-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThreat interpretation biasesAnxiety severityInterpretation biasAttentional controlAnxiety disordersAssociated with anxiety severityInterpretation bias taskPrimary anxiety disorderYouth aged 7Bias taskAttentional processesSelf-ratingsAnxietyModerating effectModeratelyYouthDisordersSeverityEmpirical examinationBiasAttentionAssociationTaskMethodsNVulnerabilityWhat Should Health Professions Students Learn About Data Bias?
Shenson D, Sheares B, Fearce C. What Should Health Professions Students Learn About Data Bias? The AMA Journal Of Ethic 2025, 27: e14-20. PMID: 39745910, DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2025.14.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Going Through the Motions: Biasing of Dynamic Attentional Templates
Boettcher S, Nobre A. Going Through the Motions: Biasing of Dynamic Attentional Templates. Journal Of Experimental Psychology General 2024, 154: 111-127. PMID: 39509202, DOI: 10.1037/xge0001665.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttentional templatesMemory probesExperiment 2Target-defining featuresDynamic visual search taskVisual search taskProbe trialExperiment 4Experiment 3Experiment 1Stimulus attributesDistractorsSearch taskDynamic stimuliMemory contentMemorySensory inputStatic displaysParticipantsSpeed of targetsSearch performanceTaskModulatory mechanismsMotion directionBiasEmotion-specific recognition biases and how they relate to emotion-specific recognition accuracy, family and child demographic factors, and social behaviour
Mazhar A, Bailey C. Emotion-specific recognition biases and how they relate to emotion-specific recognition accuracy, family and child demographic factors, and social behaviour. Cognition & Emotion 2024, 39: 320-338. PMID: 39394851, DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2024.2408652.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion recognition biasesRecognition biasSocial behaviorAssociated with social behaviorMultilevel structural equation modelingFamily characteristicsPreschool-aged childrenChild demographic factorsCognitive mechanismsStructural equation modelingEmotionsEmotion recognitionEquation modelingYoung childrenOver-identification biasChildrenFearDemographic factorsAngerRecognition errorsBiasBehaviorRecognition accuracyAssociationMultilevelCore Concepts in Pharmacoepidemiology: Quantitative Bias Analysis
Brown J, Hunnicutt J, Ali M, Bhaskaran K, Cole A, Langan S, Nitsch D, Rentsch C, Galwey N, Wing K, Douglas I. Core Concepts in Pharmacoepidemiology: Quantitative Bias Analysis. Pharmacoepidemiology And Drug Safety 2024, 33: e70026. PMID: 39375940, DOI: 10.1002/pds.70026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuantitative bias analysisBias analysisValidity of study findingsPharmacoepidemiological studiesRobustness of studiesEffects of medicationStudy designEffect estimatesResidual biasStudy findingsSelection biasConfoundingEstimated effectsPotential biasPharmacoepidemiologyBiasMedicationCore conceptsStudyMeasurement errorThe evolution of selection bias in the recent epidemiologic literature—a selective overview
Lu H, Howe C, Zivich P, Gonsalves G, Westreich D. The evolution of selection bias in the recent epidemiologic literature—a selective overview. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2024, 194: 580-584. PMID: 39136207, PMCID: PMC11879605, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae282.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBalancing the efforts of chart review and gains in PRS prediction accuracy: An empirical study
Lei Y, Christian Naj A, Xu H, Li R, Chen Y. Balancing the efforts of chart review and gains in PRS prediction accuracy: An empirical study. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2024, 157: 104705. PMID: 39134233, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104705.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAlzheimer's Disease Genetics ConsortiumChart reviewPRS modelCase-control datasetGenetic association analysisGenetics ConsortiumPhenotype misclassificationSimulated phenotypesPhenotypic dataAssociation analysisEstimation of associated parametersBias reduction methodMedian thresholdPhenotypeMisclassification rateOriginal phenotypeDiverse arrayChartsMisclassificationGenotypesReviewEffects of biasBiasPrediction modelPRSLeveraging error-prone algorithm-derived phenotypes: Enhancing association studies for risk factors in EHR data
Lu Y, Tong J, Chubak J, Lumley T, Hubbard R, Xu H, Chen Y. Leveraging error-prone algorithm-derived phenotypes: Enhancing association studies for risk factors in EHR data. Journal Of Biomedical Informatics 2024, 157: 104690. PMID: 39004110, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2024.104690.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsElectronic health record dataKaiser Permanente WashingtonEHR-derived phenotypesAssociation studiesHealth recordsColon cancer recurrencePhenotyping errorsComputable phenotypeRisk factorsCancer recurrenceMultiple phenotypesReduce biasImprove estimation accuracySimulation studyBias reductionKaiserReduction of biasBiasEstimation accuracyAssociationStudyOutcomesRiskEstimation efficiencyA framework for understanding selection bias in real-world healthcare data
Kundu R, Shi X, Morrison J, Barrett J, Mukherjee B. A framework for understanding selection bias in real-world healthcare data. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics In Society) 2024, 187: 606-635. PMID: 39281782, PMCID: PMC11393555, DOI: 10.1093/jrsssa/qnae039.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchElectronic health recordsSelection biasAssociation of cancerMultiple sources of biasHealth recordsHealthcare systemSources of biasReal-world healthcare dataBinary outcomesEstimation of associated parametersHealthcare dataReal-world dataPotential biasSample sizeStandard errorData exampleVariance formulaAnalysis of real-world dataAssociationSimulation studyWeighting approachBiological sexAssociated parametersBiasMultiple sourcesCompulsivity-related behavioral features of problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review of paradigms, progress, and perspectives
Liu L, Yao Y, Fang X, Xu L, Hu M, Zhang J, Potenza M. Compulsivity-related behavioral features of problematic usage of the internet: A scoping review of paradigms, progress, and perspectives. Journal Of Behavioral Addictions 2024, 13: 429-449. PMID: 38656807, PMCID: PMC11220808, DOI: 10.1556/2006.2024.00023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFour-domain frameworkAttentional biasHabit learningSet-shiftingCognitive flexibilityInternet gaming disorderAddictive disordersNeuropsychological characteristicsGaming disorderCognitive featuresCompulsionTask resultsBehavioral featuresMultidimensional natureDisordersSystematic literature searchSub-typesDeficitsTherapeutic implicationsWeb of ScienceLearningUmbrella termPsycINFOLiterature searchBiasReviewing explore/exploit decision-making as a transdiagnostic target for psychosis, depression, and anxiety
Lloyd A, Roiser J, Skeen S, Freeman Z, Badalova A, Agunbiade A, Busakhwe C, DeFlorio C, Marcu A, Pirie H, Saleh R, Snyder T, Fearon P, Viding E. Reviewing explore/exploit decision-making as a transdiagnostic target for psychosis, depression, and anxiety. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 2024, 24: 793-815. PMID: 38653937, PMCID: PMC11390819, DOI: 10.3758/s13415-024-01186-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTransdiagnostic targetAssociated with more explorationAssociated with psychopathologyReduced explorationPsychosisLongitudinal designAnxietyDepressionWell-poweredEveryday decisionsDecision-making contextDecision-makingIndividualsPsychopathologyCognitionDisordersSystematic searchEvidenceBiasInsufficient evidenceContext of decision-makingInterventionAcademic databasesContextStudyPrevalence of bias against neurodivergence‐related terms in artificial intelligence language models
Brandsen S, Chandrasekhar T, Franz L, Grapel J, Dawson G, Carlson D. Prevalence of bias against neurodivergence‐related terms in artificial intelligence language models. Autism Research 2024, 17: 234-248. PMID: 38284311, DOI: 10.1002/aur.3094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderGroup of wordsControl sentencesTest wordsAutistic individualsAutismSentencesWordsAverage associationNegative conceptNegative associationStrength of associationLevel of biasPrevalence of biasAssociated with groupsArtificial intelligenceSchizophreniaADHDEncodingBiasAssociationDisordersNeurodiversityDisabilityModel encoding
2023
Mental Health Provider Training to Improve LGBTQ Competence and Reduce Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online and In-Person Delivery
Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Clark K, Pachankis J. Mental Health Provider Training to Improve LGBTQ Competence and Reduce Implicit and Explicit Bias: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Online and In-Person Delivery. Psychology Of Sexual Orientation And Gender Diversity 2023, 10: 589-599. PMID: 38239562, PMCID: PMC10794005, DOI: 10.1037/sgd0000560.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExplicit biasMental health trainingMental health providersLGBTQ clientsHealth trainingAffirmative careSupervision sessionsBenefits of supervisionHealth providersMental health careTwo-day trainingFuture researchQueer individualsParticipantsStrong stigmaTrainingOnline modalityCompetenceSupervisionCisgender femalesPersonsStigmaBiasOnline supervisionPractice intentionsPerceptual Generalization of Alcohol-Related Value Characterizes Risky Drinkers
Kang S, Larrabee G, Nair S, Goldfarb E. Perceptual Generalization of Alcohol-Related Value Characterizes Risky Drinkers. Psychological Science 2023, 34: 1146-1162. PMID: 37682597, PMCID: PMC10985388, DOI: 10.1177/09567976231181516.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSurprise recognition memory testAlcohol-related associationsRecognition memory testAlcohol-related imagesRisky drinkingPerceptual generalizationMemory testPerceptual similarityRisky drinkersNovel situationsAdaptive behaviorMaladaptive responsesOnline experimentPast experienceRisky patternsOvergeneralizationDrinkersDrinkingParticipantsConditioningIndividualsOutcomesExperienceAlcoholBiasA common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory
Yousif S, Forrence A, McDougle S. A common format for representing spatial location in visual and motor working memory. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2023, 31: 697-707. PMID: 37670158, DOI: 10.3758/s13423-023-02366-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecall errorsSpatial localization taskMotor modalitiesSpatial biasVisual inputLocalization taskSpatial representationSpatial locationLocation representationParticipant influenceTaskKinesthetic inputParticipantsRepresentationMemoryPerceptionMindItemsModalitiesFormatPeopleInformationMeasuresBiasLocation informationModerators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link
Gadassi Polack R, Davis A, Joormann J. Moderators and Mediators of the Interpretation Bias–Emotional Disorders Link. CBT: Science Into Practice 2023, 55-77. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23650-1_4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEmotional disordersInterpretation biasInterpretation biasesProminent cognitive theoryEmotion regulationMaladaptive strategiesCognitive theoryDevelopmental sampleInterpersonal factorsPotential moderatorsLongitudinal examinationModeratorCurrent chapterBiasesDisordersBiasStimuliExperimental designSignificant supportCentral mechanismsRelationshipMediationMultiple factorsMediatorsCross-sectional studyCognitive bias in pathology, as exemplified in dermatopathology
Ko C, Glusac E. Cognitive bias in pathology, as exemplified in dermatopathology. Human Pathology 2023, 140: 267-275. PMID: 36906184, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2023.03.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial impression formation and depression: examining cognitive flexibility and bias
Deng W, Cannon T, Joormann J. Social impression formation and depression: examining cognitive flexibility and bias. Cognition & Emotion 2023, 37: 137-146. PMID: 36607322, DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2023.2165043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSocial impression formationImpression formationImpression ratingsNegative interpretation biasSocial interaction partnersFuture social interactionsDepressive symptomsCognitive flexibilityInterpretation biasNegative interpretationsNegative contextPositive contextNegative evaluationSocial situationsPositive interpretationSocial interactionScenario typesSocial isolationInteraction partnersRatingsDepressionTaskNovel charactersScenario outcomesBias
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