This video offers a concise overview of numerous cognitive biases that influence human thinking and decision-making. By ...

The conventional wisdom in classical economics is that we humans are “rational actors” who, by our nature, make decisions and behave in ways that maximize advantage and utility and minimize risk and ...

Our evolutionary ancestors had to focus their attention on negative stimuli to survive—but we don't have to let this control ...

Amanda Montell has come on Marketplace a few times about the cult of work. We talked about why culty workplaces, like Neiman Marcus in the ‘80s, are so effective. We’ve also talked about the downsides ...

David Chapman is COB of 919 Marketing, a national content marketing firm with a track record of turning emerging brands into market leaders. In the world of franchise sales, understanding how ...

Subconscious biases are common in medicine because doctors and other health staff are humans who are prone to such errors. Cognitive biases are not necessarily caused by negative intentions — they ...

Small, subtle, instinctual biases in our heads affect our everyday decisions. Many of them are helpful: don't go into the woods alone at night. Some of them can be less helpful. The fact of the matter ...

The investigation of affective states and cognitive bias in animal behaviour has emerged as a critical area of research, shedding light on how emotional states influence decision-making, perception ...