In the psychology of affective forecasting, the impact bias, a form of which is the durability bias, is the tendency for people to overestimate the length...

areas most prone to bias, usually in the form of overestimation, are duration and intensity. Immune neglect is a form of impact bias in response to negative...

Cognitive biases are systematic patterns of deviation from norm and/or rationality in judgment. They are often studied in psychology, sociology and behavioral...

stage of the process to reduce the impact of statistical bias in their work. Understanding the source of statistical bias can help to assess whether the observed...

generally have less of an impact on a person's behavior and cognition than something equally emotional but negative. The negativity bias has been investigated...

biases are a "by-product" of human processing limitations, resulting from a lack of appropriate mental mechanisms (bounded rationality), the impact of...

Leonard Kevin Bias (November 18, 1963 – June 19, 1986) was an American college basketball player for the Maryland Terrapins. In the last of his four years...

Confirmation bias (also confirmatory bias, myside bias, or congeniality bias) is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information...

political bias has a lasting impact with proven effects on voter behaviour and consequent political outcomes. With an understanding of political bias comes...

Bias is a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a way that is inaccurate, closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair....