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

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

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 powerful psychological bias called anchoring influences our decisions. It means the first number we see often becomes a ...

Anchoring effects refer to a systematic bias in human cognition whereby initial information or reference points unduly influence subsequent judgements and decisions. This phenomenon has been ...

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. –John Steinbeck on letting go of unwanted anchors Heuristics are mental shortcuts that allow people to make ...