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Let’s have some fun and start off with a little quiz. Take out pen and paper and write down the answers to the following two questions: (1) How old are you? (2) How many people worldwide died in major ...

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

Anchoring bias is a form of cognitive bias where people tend to place extra importance on the first piece of information they get on a topic, regardless of the accuracy of that data point. In ...

The anchoring effect, a psychological bias, demonstrates how the first piece of information encountered significantly ...

Our subconscious mind will use almost anything to "help" us think and make decisions. Be alert or be led astray.. Source: Shutterstock Want to make better decisions? Be alert to the troublesome ...

In a world where things move a mile a minute, our brains are often tasked with processing large amounts of information within limited windows of time. When work requires that we multitask, under ...