To make informed, and presumedly the best, decisions, we must free ourselves from the hidden constraints on our capacity to think and analyze.

Cognitive shortcuts (or heuristics) and their consequent psychological and behavioural biases can profoundly affect and shape the judgments and decisions we make in our everyday and professional lives ...

Falling for the dangerous judgment errors called cognitive biases often costs you an arm and a leg. Yet such serious mistakes happen all the time in business! For instance, one of the biggest ...

We are defined by the decisions we make from the moment we wake up to when we fall asleep. Regardless of how mundane or unimportant these emotions and decisions may seem, you must learn how to remove ...

Guest essayist Amber Hunt writes that most people think they make rational financial decisions. But they don't.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studies show that AI systems used to make important decisions such as approval of loan and mortgage applications can perpetuate ...

In a large group of independent decision-makers, those who reach a decision most quickly also tend to be those with the strongest initial biases. The finding comes from a mathematical model of ...

I am a psychologist who has worked with police in the areas of applied research and consultancy for more than two decades now, predominantly with UK police but also with police in other parts of the ...

Studies show that AI systems used to make important decisions such as approval of loan and mortgage applications can perpetuate historical bias and discrimination if not carefully constructed and ...