Another key bias Alex highlights is the “illusory truth effect”, which reinforces beliefs through repetition. In an election ...

Not a day goes by in this closing stage of the presidential election without partisans (and some smart nonpartisans) ...

As the November election inches closer, you might find yourself anxiously pondering about its discourse, results and ...

Beating this bias—and you can do this with attention, effort, and the right tactics—helps you choose the candidate most ...

In a recent letter to the editor with the title “Confirmation Bias” (Oct. 15) the author leads off with the comment that anti-Trump writers must be lacking common sense. In ...

Importantly, the average person is not exempt from cognitive biases and frequently acts in ways that seem bizarre or ...

Among the many threats to decision making, few are as pervasive and insidious as confirmation bias – our tendency ... During the 2004 U.S. presidential election, researchers at Emory University ...

History's lesson is that the election of a black woman to the White House goes against the odds and would be a huge break in ...

AI has proven troublesome for elections, creating confirmation bias and even fake news ... The data would be the social, economic and demographic characteristics of a place. The rules would be the ...

each new economic data point is an opportunity to fuel doubts and succumb to one’s dominant fear, whether it be recession or inflation. In an odd mirror image of confirmation bias, everyone ...