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What is the Base Rate fallacy? Learn how this cognitive bias in decision making affects your life and what to do about it.

The omission bias is a cognitive bias that occurs when people judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful omissions. This article explores the definition and examples of the Omission Bias.

Find out what the empathy gap bias is and how to avoid it in your business. Learn about its definition, examples, and other ways you can use this information to improve your decisions.

The ‘Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon’ is a cognitive bias that causes people to believe that they have just heard or seen something in a meaningful context. Here’s how it affects you and what you can do about it.

What is the Frequency Illusion bias? The Cognitive Biases help to explain how people make decisions and think. Here’s a look at what that means.

What is the mood-congruent memory bias? It’s a tendency to recall more easily information that matches with our current mood. Find out what it is and how you can use it to your advantage!

What is the Cue-dependent Forgetting effet? Find out what it is and how you can use this cognitive bias to your advantage.
New research suggests that people are more likely to remember information if they encounter it after a related piece of content, rather than before or alongside unrelated content.

The context effect is a cognitive bias that describes when people have difficulty remembering the specific details of an event, but instead remember more generally what happened. Find out how this works and see some common examples in this article.

What is the Mere Exposure Effect? The Mere Exposure Effect is a cognitive bias which allows us to develop preferences for some things simply by being exposed to them more often. This means that if you are more frequently exposed to certain brand, logo or celebrity then your positive feeling towards it will increase. ForLire la suite « Mere Exposure Effect: Definition & Examples | Cognitive Biases »

What is the Illusory truth effect? The Illusory truth effect is the tendency to believe information based on repetition. The more an idea is repeated, the more likely is that people will believe it to be true without checking or cross-referencing with other sources. The illusory truth effect was originally demonstrated through experiments by AmericanLire la suite « Illusory truth effect: Definition & Examples | Cognitive Biases »