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Medium
1 week ago
UX design

Overcoming the anchoring effect

UX teams should be aware of the anchoring effect, as it can lead to biased decisions that ignore important user data. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
4 days ago
UX design

What is Status Quo Bias, and How Does it Affect you

Status quo bias leads to resistance to change, impacting decision-making and personal growth. [ more ]
Medium
1 week ago
UX design

Overcoming the anchoring effect

UX teams should be aware of cognitive biases like the anchoring effect to improve decision-making and design outcomes. [ more ]
Big Think
1 week ago
UX design

Athlete vs. grandmaster: The psychology of decision-making

The partnership between Kahneman and Tversky revolutionized behavioral economics by highlighting cognitive biases in decision-making processes. [ more ]
Psychology Today
2 weeks ago
Psychology

5 Ways Your Trusted Memory Is Tricking You

Memory is not as reliable as we think; up to 50% can be inaccurate due to selective recall. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 month ago
UX design

Groupthink Bias: What You Need to Know About It

Groupthink bias leads individuals to conform their thinking to the group, often resulting in poor decision-making and loss of individual creativity. [ more ]
Medium
1 week ago
UX design

Overcoming the anchoring effect

UX teams should be aware of the anchoring effect, as it can lead to biased decisions that ignore important user data. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
4 days ago
UX design

What is Status Quo Bias, and How Does it Affect you

Status quo bias leads to resistance to change, impacting decision-making and personal growth. [ more ]
Medium
1 week ago
UX design

Overcoming the anchoring effect

UX teams should be aware of cognitive biases like the anchoring effect to improve decision-making and design outcomes. [ more ]
Big Think
1 week ago
UX design

Athlete vs. grandmaster: The psychology of decision-making

The partnership between Kahneman and Tversky revolutionized behavioral economics by highlighting cognitive biases in decision-making processes. [ more ]
Psychology Today
2 weeks ago
Psychology

5 Ways Your Trusted Memory Is Tricking You

Memory is not as reliable as we think; up to 50% can be inaccurate due to selective recall. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 month ago
UX design

Groupthink Bias: What You Need to Know About It

Groupthink bias leads individuals to conform their thinking to the group, often resulting in poor decision-making and loss of individual creativity. [ more ]
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www.theguardian.com
4 days ago
JavaScript

Did you solve it? The poker puzzle that has everyone fooled

The circumference of a pint glass is often unintuitively longer than the height.
Understanding poker hand rankings is crucial to determining the winning hand. [ more ]
#psychology
english.elpais.com
1 week ago
OMG science

Friday the 13th: Why are we so superstitious?

Superstitions like mismatched socks can create perceived good luck, illustrating how irrational beliefs form in our minds. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
3 weeks ago
Upper West Side

Optimism Bias In Psychology: Is Over Optimism Good For Wellbeing?

Excessive optimism can lead to unrealistic expectations and poor decision making, known as optimism bias. [ more ]
Psychology Today
3 weeks ago
Psychology

Coincidence or Fate? It Depends on Your Mood

Seeing connections in random events can reflect creativity and a way to cope with stress, particularly influenced by one's mood. [ more ]
Psychology Today
4 weeks ago
Psychology

How the False Consensus Effect Warps Our Online Reality

The false consensus effect leads individuals to overestimate the commonality of their views, especially on social media. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 month ago
UX design

Declinism Bias: What You Need to Know About This Cognitive Bias

Declinism causes individuals to romanticize the past while viewing the present and future negatively, impacting mental well-being. [ more ]
english.elpais.com
1 week ago
OMG science

Friday the 13th: Why are we so superstitious?

Superstitions like mismatched socks can create perceived good luck, illustrating how irrational beliefs form in our minds. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
3 weeks ago
Upper West Side

Optimism Bias In Psychology: Is Over Optimism Good For Wellbeing?

Excessive optimism can lead to unrealistic expectations and poor decision making, known as optimism bias. [ more ]
Psychology Today
3 weeks ago
Psychology

Coincidence or Fate? It Depends on Your Mood

Seeing connections in random events can reflect creativity and a way to cope with stress, particularly influenced by one's mood. [ more ]
Psychology Today
4 weeks ago
Psychology

How the False Consensus Effect Warps Our Online Reality

The false consensus effect leads individuals to overestimate the commonality of their views, especially on social media. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
1 month ago
UX design

Declinism Bias: What You Need to Know About This Cognitive Bias

Declinism causes individuals to romanticize the past while viewing the present and future negatively, impacting mental well-being. [ more ]
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Big Think
1 week ago
UX design

How to step out of your inner monologue and understand the world better

Human beings are often divided by polarizing viewpoints due to our brain's categorization of people, leading to reduced empathy and dehumanization. [ more ]
#critical-thinking
A Philosopher's Blog
2 weeks ago
philosophy

Crime: Perception & Reality

Despite a decline in crime rates since the 1990s, most Americans believe crime is increasing due to cognitive biases shaped by media exposure. [ more ]
Hackernoon
7 months ago
UX design

Master Thinkers: 5 Habits That They Have | HackerNoon

Critical thinking is an essential yet underutilized skill that contributes to personal and professional success. [ more ]
A Philosopher's Blog
2 weeks ago
philosophy

Crime: Perception & Reality

Despite a decline in crime rates since the 1990s, most Americans believe crime is increasing due to cognitive biases shaped by media exposure. [ more ]
Hackernoon
7 months ago
UX design

Master Thinkers: 5 Habits That They Have | HackerNoon

Critical thinking is an essential yet underutilized skill that contributes to personal and professional success. [ more ]
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Psychology Today
2 weeks ago
JavaScript

3 Thinking Errors That Make Life Harder Than Necessary

Many hardships in life stem from self-inflicted thinking errors that limit success and happiness.
Thinking errors, including linear thought patterns, can restrict one's opportunities for greater achievements. [ more ]
Medium
3 weeks ago
Upper West Side

The availability heuristic

The availability heuristic can skew UX design decisions by prioritizing recent feedback over a comprehensive analysis of all user insights. [ more ]
www.openmindmag.org
5 months ago
Data science

The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows that People Don't Know What They Don't Know

The Dunning-Kruger effect explains overestimation of knowledge in those with limited expertise.
The effect has become a popular meme and is invoked in various discussions and debates. [ more ]
Calm Sage - Your Guide to Mental and Emotional Well-being
6 months ago
Mental health

Signs Of Pessimism, How Is It Different From Optimism, And How To Respond

Pessimism is a personality trait with a negative outlook towards life.
Pessimism bias is a cognitive bias where individuals overemphasize negative outcomes. [ more ]
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