At a certain point, worrying about the political environment without doing anything about it just becomes exhausting”— ...

The investigation of affective states and cognitive bias in animal behaviour has emerged as a critical area of research, shedding light on how emotional states influence decision-making, perception ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. The clustering illusion is a cognitive bias that leads us to ...

Cognitive biases can have a negative impact on an investor’s ability to make rational decisions, potentially derailing their investment goals. These mental shortcuts and distortions that we make ...

A Spanish study shows how early clinical cues strongly shape diagnostic decisions, highlighting the need for bias awareness ...

Identity is ubiquitous and people rarely consider the impact it has on how information is processed. Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) training is on the rise globally, and this raises awareness ...

Negative memory bias, the tendency to remember negative experiences more easily than positive ones, can fuel cycles of ...

Have you ever found yourself saying, “I saw that coming”? If so, you may have been wrong. Hindsight bias, sometimes referred to as the “knew-it-all-along” effect, is a common cognitive bias that ...

El presente artículo investiga el papel de la intención en el autoengaño. Como es sabido, Alfred Mele ha defendido que en ciertos casos de autoengaño, contrariamente a lo que mantiene la concepción ...

Small, subtle, instinctual biases in our heads affect our everyday decisions. Many of them are helpful: don't go into the woods alone at night. Some of them can be less helpful. The fact of the matter ...