Our ability to concentrate and pay attention is very limited. This makes us subject to attention bias, one of many cognitive ...

People are often quite selective about the information they'll accept, seeking out sources that will confirm their biases, while discounting those that will challenge their beliefs. In theory ...

Behavioral economics has uncovered many ways to nudge, influence, and persuade. Now, the MINDSPACE framework has put them ...

Every choice we make, from picking peanut butter to forming political opinions, is influenced by unseen cognitive biases. These mental shortcuts, shaped by evolution, help us process information ...

Confirmation bias can strengthen an illusory correlation, making it even more likely to influence subsequent actions – ...

Diagnostic accuracy of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for cognitive screening in old age psychiatry: determining cutoff scores in clinical practice. Avoiding spectrum bias caused by healthy ...