Psychological anchors influence every aspect of our lives - from perceptions to evaluations to decisions - often resulting in errors.

When you hear the word bias, what comes to mind? Racial prejudice? Maybe you think of mainstream media or a particular political persuasion.

Contrast effect is an unconscious bias that happens when two things are judged in comparison to one another, instead of individually.

There is a wealth of research that shows how the way information is framed significantly influences our perception of it.

Do you ever cut yourself a break while holding others 100 percent accountable? It's fundamental attribution error and we all do it.

Do you think you'd judge people differently if you were holding something heavy rather than holding nothing at all? Would you judge...

Have you ever met someone and instantly liked or maybe disliked that person? We’d all like to think that we make sound judgments about oth

How receptive are you to understand why someone disagrees with you rather than persuade that person to see it your way?

Three unconscious biases at work that may be influencing our sense of "rightness" when confronted with conflicting evidence.

highly confident people are perceived to be more intelligent and successful. But there are 3 pitfalls to overconfidence you should know.

While the Cowboys and Steelers were fighting for Super Bowl X, researchers were studying the fans and discovered something fascinating.

A cognitive bias is a systematic deviation from rational judgment that often leads to lead to perceptual distortion, inaccurate judgment, il

While most of us believe we are ethical and unbiased, over 1,000 studies in the past 10 years prove we all have biases.

The Dunning-Kruger Effect refers to an inverse correlation between knowledge or skills for a task and the confidence to complete that task.

Intellectual humility is just as important in business as it is in politics and religion. New research shows that people with intellectual h

We'd all like to think our thoughts and decisions result from a conscious deliberate process. But, research says otherwise.

Consensus decision-making sits just on the edge of groupthink, and it's the best way to keep the best brain power ... away from the team....

The human brain processes over 1,000 bits of data per second. It's not surprising that it takes shortcuts. They're called cognitive biases.

Every day the news is filled with stories about crime, terrorism, crime, violence, injustice, drug abuse and oppression. Serious news has...

As amazing and complex as the brain is, sometimes we create our own subjective reality from unconscious bias rather than objective data. ...