Subconscious biases are common in medicine because doctors and other health staff are humans who are prone to such errors. Cognitive biases are not necessarily caused by negative intentions — they ...

Humans process enormous amounts of information per second, which is too much for us to intentionally process every single item. That is why we unintentionally process the vast majority of information ...

NEW YORK — It's well-documented that women in the workplace often face biases when seeking leadership roles, but new research is uncovering just how pervasive and wide-ranging those prejudices can be.

Bias, and particularly unconscious bias, is tricky. It is present in the most well intentioned of individuals and can be challenging to identify and therefore manage. However, just because it is ...

Debates are no longer limited to politicians, high school clubs and awkward Thanksgiving conversations. You probably know we just stated the very obvious unless you've gone sans social media for the ...

Although artificial intelligence is entering health care with great promise, clinical AI tools are prone to bias and real-world underperformance from inception to deployment, including the stages of ...

Artificial intelligence powers tools in use every day – Siri, Amazon Alexa, unlocking iPhones with facial recognition. But these tools serve some people better than others. Tina Tallon is an assistant ...

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 ...

Confirmation bias describes the tendency to favor information that confirms existing beliefs. Learn about its effects and how to mitigate its impact on financial decisions.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...