Bias and cognitive bias have received significant attention from researchers and practitioners over the past half-century. Wikipedia’s List of Cognitive Biases provides an overwhelming array of ...

A rumor started circulating back in 2008 that Barack Obama was not born in the United States. At the time, I was serving as chair of the Hawaii Board of Health. The director and deputy director of ...

Unlike explicit bias, which consists of the attitudes and assumptions we consciously recognize as part of our belief system, implicit bias refers to subconscious beliefs and attitudes about race, ...

When leaders learn to look beyond their assumptions and biases, they can become more effective and empathetic.

Cognitive biases are increasingly recognised as integral to the formation and persistence of delusions in schizophrenia. These systematic distortions in thinking affect how individuals gather, ...

People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases also found in individuals with subclinical delusional thinking, according to a pair of new studies ...