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

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

We are social psychologists who study and teach about the basic social, cognitive and emotion-based processes people use to make sense of themselves and the world. Research reveals psychological ...

Heavy AI tool usage is associated with weaker critical thinking, a study finds, as users increasingly offload cognitive tasks instead of engaging in independent analysis. Elite athletes showed ...

This highlights that a general slowdown in processing might underlie broader cognitive and linguistic changes with age, rather than a specific challenge in memory retrieval for words. While the ...

They could offer a more nuanced way to measure AI’s bias and its understanding of the world. New AI benchmarks could help developers reduce bias in AI models, potentially making them fairer and ...

Businesses leverage artificial intelligence to make more accurate, data-driven decisions—but those efforts can be seriously undermined by AI bias. Whether caused by low-quality or incomplete ...

Brands are swapping token gestures for bold statements, using humour, irony, and straight-up evidence to call out everyday biases. Whether it’s Qubo’s dashcams questioning snap judgments ...

Gallina breaks it down into three biases: loss aversion, confirmation bias, and recency bias. “Loss aversion, I think, is the most fascinating because it means investors feel the pain of a loss ...

Matthew Hiller makes anti-Elon Musk bumper stickers as a side hustle. He says sales have soared in recent weeks since the Tesla CEO's controversial salutes at a Trump rally. Tesla sales and stock ...