Imagine making a crucial decision only to realize later that your choice was heavily influenced by the first piece of information you encountered. This cognitive bias, known as the anchoring effect, ...

Anchoring effects refer to a systematic bias in human cognition whereby initial information or reference points unduly influence subsequent judgements and decisions. This phenomenon has been ...

Research looks at how experiencing rudeness amplifies anchoring bias including in doctors' decision-making. Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles ...

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In a world where things move a mile a minute, our brains are often tasked with processing large amounts of information within limited windows of time. When work requires that we multitask, under ...

For some reason, negotiation tends to be considered a specialized professional skill instead of a basic life one. Business school students and salespeople learn tons about how to work out deals, but ...