Poor combinations can negatively bias how individual parts are viewed – be it a song on an album, a picture in a gallery or a ...

From living matter to molecules to elementary particles, the world is made of “chiral” objects that differ from their ...

Psychologists have known about the ‘halo effect’ for ages. New research suggests the power of language can help explain it ...

The explanation lies in a cognitive bias known as “the halo effect”, a phenomenon where having one major positive quality tends to skew our perception of someone’s other characteristics.