When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is ...

Cognitive shortcuts (or heuristics) and their consequent psychological and behavioural biases can profoundly affect and shape the judgments and decisions we make in our everyday and professional lives ...

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors are huddled around a campfire when they suddenly hear the nearby bushes rustling. They have two options: investigate if the movement was caused by small prey such as a ...

Key points Cognitive biases are generally defined as being systematic errors in reasoning, but this definition is flawed for several reasons. There is little empirical evidence showing that biases ...

Bring on the Machines: Could Machine Learning Improve the Quality of Patient Education Materials? A Systematic Search and Rapid Review This narrative review presents theoretical and empirical evidence ...

For many people, the COVID-19 pandemic has meant making an exhausting number of tough decisions daily. Should I attend that wedding? Take that vacation? Visit those relatives? We might think we have a ...

Have you ever made a decision that, in hindsight, seemed irrational? A new study with mice, which could have implications for people, suggests that some decisions are, to a certain extent, beyond ...

Curious about the halo effect and social perception? In this video, we break down what the halo effect is and how it impacts our daily interactions. Tune in for some brainy dose of self-help knowledge ...

We are defined by the decisions we make from the moment we wake up to when we fall asleep. Regardless of how mundane or unimportant these emotions and decisions may seem, you must learn how to remove ...