Through the lens of a case study on a schnauzer named Panky, he examined common cognitive biases that may lead to suboptimal ...

In media coverage, individuals' membership in minority groups, such as their country of origin, is often explicitly mentioned ...

Our minds like shortcuts, also known as cognitive biases. Unless we take steps to counteract them, they can skew decision-making. Can you recognize common distortions? Take this test to find out.

Cognitive biases quietly steer many clinical choices. In this dvm360 interview, Erik Zager, DVM, DACVECC, breaks down blind-spot, hindsight, false-consensus, and affective biases and offers practical ...

In the politicization of COVID vaccines, a key underlying factor could be our innate bias that influences our thinking, especially a phenomenon known as “confirmation bias.” Last month, a long-awaited ...

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 ...

To say that facts are less important than feelings in shaping our beliefs about empirical matters seems new, at least in American politics. In the past we have faced serious challenges — even to the ...

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. We share our expertise on leadership, business skills and more. In 2020, I wrote an article about the influence of cognitive ...

Cognitive errors, which can sometimes stem from “data overload,” can lead to misdiagnoses of complex rheumatic and autoimmune ...