Everybody knows that people fear public speaking even more than they fear dying. Right? Well, like many such “facts,” this idea is actually the result of a flawed survey question. In 1973, a poll ...

When making decisions and judgments, humans can fall into common "traps," known as cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is ...

Humans process enormous amounts of information per second, which is too much for us to intentionally process every single item. That is why we unintentionally process the vast majority of information ...

Cognitive biases can have a negative impact on an investor’s ability to make rational decisions, potentially derailing their investment goals. These mental shortcuts and distortions that we make ...

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