Debates are no longer limited to politicians, high school clubs and awkward Thanksgiving conversations. You probably know we just stated the very obvious unless you've gone sans social media for the ...

A Spanish study shows how early clinical cues strongly shape diagnostic decisions, highlighting the need for bias awareness ...

Confirmation bias is our well-known tendency to see things as we expect them to be. Its effects are ubiquitous, ranging from our interpretations of others’ behaviors based on the categories we put ...

What would you think if your best friend, who texts you almost daily, hasn’t been in contact for over a week? Let’s say that you’ve texted, emailed, and even called her. Still no response. Would you ...

Confirmation bias can sabotage product development. When product teams form a hypothesis about what users want, they start filtering all incoming information through that lens and ignoring or ...

Chris Voss explains how to avoid confirmation bias during negotiations. Learn why creating an emotional moment can help you ...

My wife came down the stairs and caught me terribly embarrassed as I watched the TV in shame. The “other” cable news channel was on the screen. “Why are you watching this?” she asked, “all they do is ...

Confirmation bias is the tendency to notice and favor information that supports what we already believe. This film shows how it influences everyday thinking.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American "When men wish to construct or support a ...