It highlights 20 of the most common cognitive biases that can lead to bad decision-making, including the idea that the more information you have, the more likely you are to make the smartest choice.

You make thousands of rational decisions every day — or so you think. From what you'll eat throughout the day to whether you should make a big career move, research suggests that there are a ...

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They include situational attribution training, empathy training, exposure control (limiting exposure to information that may bias judgment), mindfulness training, reducing cognitive load, self ...

All three of these experimental results — (1) cognitive dissonance, (2) social conformity, and (3) confirmation bias — are obviously relevant to post-truth, whereby so many people seem prone ...

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BI_graphics_20 cognitive biases that screw up your decisions (Samantha Lee/Business Insider) Gus Lubin and Drake Baer contributed to this article.