Cognitive Bias

And the Oscar Goes to... a Man: Gender Bias at the Top

Joan Williams | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: Kathryn Bigelow, Gender Equality, Gender Bias, Fortune 500, Academy Awards, The Oscars, Women Directors, Cognitive Bias, Entertainment News
Joan Williams

The myth of the meritocracy reigns supreme. But the top of the top is still dominated by men, in Hollywood and elsewhere -- and what's worse, progress may be stalling across the board.

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The Psychology Of Happy Endings

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Positivity, End Experiences, Emotional Forecasting, Nostalgia, 2011, Irrationality, Cognitive Bias, 2012, Mind, Mind Power Memory, Mind Power, Brain and Memory, Memory and Mind, Mind Memory, Memory Power, New Research, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

Relatively pleasant endings can put a positive spin on even long, painful experiences, like the year 2011. And by this time next year, we'll likely have the same warm feelings about 2012.

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Law and Disorder: The Psychology of False Confessions

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Exoneration, Social Perception, False Confession, Forensic Psychology, Law, Criminal Justice, Confession, Innocence Project, Dna Evidence, Cognitive Bias, Mind, Theories of Crime, Psychology and Law, Crime Psychology, Crime and Psychology, Psychology Crime Law, Crime News
Wray Herbert

Confessions are powerful and damning evidence, which is a good thing if the defendant is guilty. But what if the defendant is innocent?

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ICANN Top Level Domain Release Won't Beat .Com Relevance

Brett Greene | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Icann, Online Business, Internet, Top-Level Domain Names, Internet News, Domain Name, Cognitive Bias, Dot-Com, Denver News
Brett Greene

In theory, the availability of these new URL endings means that you'll type in 'Ford.car' instead of 'Ford.com'... or will you? It will take a lot of retraining to get us to type in anything besides dot com in a web browser.

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How Sticking With The Familiar Could Hurt You

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Self-Sabotage, Familiarity Bias, Decision-Making, Puzzle Study, Science, Familiarity, Puzzle Familiarity Study, Heuristic Mind, Familiarity Heuristic, Puzzle Study Familiarity, Cognitive Bias, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

Clearly, these gut feelings are untrustworthy. Not only is familiarity a maladaptive guide to what's beneficial, it can lead to choices that actually exacerbate stress -- increasing the likelihood of more poor judgments.

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Forecasting Our Emotions: Why Are We So Bad At It?

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Futuristic Heuristic, Emotional Forecasting, Self-Knowledge, Personality, The Inner Life, Happiness, Cognitive Bias, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

We are notoriously bad at forecasting our emotions, for a variety of reasons. New science suggests that personality may play an unrecognized and key role in determining future happiness.

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The (Mis) Information Age

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Birthers, First Amendment, Death Panels, 9/11, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cognitive Bias, Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, Sarah Palin, 9/11 Truthers, Misinformation, Media News
Dr. Jim Taylor

The problem is that there is no longer any source of objective and trusted information. These days, you can't find "fair and balanced" news anywhere.

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Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dementia, Brain Health, Tbi, Cognitive Assessments, Bill Reichman, Cognitive Bias, Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Training, Treatment, Dana Foundation, Stanford University, Augmented Cognition, Alzheimer?S Foundation of America, World Economic Forum, Brain Fitness Software, Frontiers, Workplaces, Augmenting Cognition, Aging, Brain Awareness Week, Lifestyle, MATRICS Cognitive Battery, Libraries, Cognitive Neuroscience, Neurocognitive, Pharmacological, Society for Neuroscience, Brain Age, Torkel Klingberg, Cognitive, Cognitive Age, Baycrest, Schools, Cognition, Healthcare, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.

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