Association bias can be even more primitive than that, harking back to a time when magical thinking dominated the human mind. For example, most people would balk at the idea of wearing Hitler’s ...

Ross said that this propensity for individualistic explanations leads us to commit a “fundamental attribution error” that distorts our judgment – and, in the case of shrinks, influences the choice of ...

A cognitive bias is a mental shortcut or heuristic intended to spare us time, effort, or discomfort—often while reinforcing our self-image or worldview—but at the cost of accuracy and reliability.