How To Recognize And Overcome Your Biases
Almost every day, there’s at least one story in the news that involves racism, sexism or another kind of bigotry… More
Heuristics And Biases
Whether Eyewitness Memory or DNA, Contaminated Forensic Evidence Is Unreliable
Decades of psychological research have revealed the weaknesses of eyewitness testimony, but APS Fellow John T. Wixted points to a real-life murder conviction to illustrate how DNA evidence can be just as fallible… More
Experience Buying and Selling Reduces Financially Costly Biases
When it comes to decisions about buying and selling, businesses are supposed to use evidence and observations about the market… More
Cooperation, Fast and Slow
Working together isn’t always easy, especially when a stubborn supervisor or colleague is always putting their own self-interests ahead of… More
Why It’s So Hard to Shake a Bad First Impression
A new study demonstrates that shaking a negative first impression is often diabolically difficult, providing just one more reason to… More
Superforecasters: The Art of Accurate Predictions
Will Venezuela cut gasoline subsidies? Will the US Federal Reserve raise interest rates before the end of the year? Your… More