Learn how the Halo Effect, a common cognitive bias, shapes our perceptions and decisions often without us realizing it. This ...

Find out whether you'll fall for these near-universal shortcuts. Our minds like shortcuts, and a number of them are built into our brains. Unless we actively take steps to counteract the ...

We are not born with prejudice toward specific groups of people. Prejudice is learned and reinforced over time so deeply and in so many unintended ways that it has proved very difficult to reduce ...

This video offers a concise overview of numerous cognitive biases that influence human thinking and decision-making. By ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Members of a state agency that oversees officer training received a complaint about ...

Why do decent people make damaging choices? Psychology books reveal how bias, pressure and self justification quietly derail ...

Protesters fill the Iowa state Capitol to denounce a bill that will strip the state civil rights code of protections based on gender identity. AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall Bias against trans people may ...

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