While humans often consider themselves superior to other beings on Earth, this status in the animal kingdom has its drawbacks. Our capacity for complex thought also means we are uniquely skilled at ...

Every choice we make, from picking peanut butter to forming political opinions, is influenced by unseen cognitive biases. These mental shortcuts, shaped by evolution, help us process ...

Find out whether you'll fall for these near-universal shortcuts. Our minds like shortcuts, and a number of them are built into our brains. Unless we actively take steps to counteract the ...

Unconscious biases, including implicit and cognitive biases, are pervasive in our daily lives and can significantly impact our decisions, even when we strive to be fair and objective. For workplace ...

When I was a kid, I was enamored of cigarette-smoking movie stars. When I was a teenager, some of my friends began to smoke; I wanted to smoke too, but my parents forbid it. I was also intimidated by ...

We all want to bend the world to our will, but more often than not, it is the other way around – a fact that we often fail to recognize. This tendency to exaggerate our ability to influence events is ...

Delve into the role of safety technology in tackling cognitive and confirmation biases, uncovering often overlooked workplace risks and fostering a proactive approach to ensuring a safer work ...

Other Side of the Story is the media literacy project from BBC Bitesize aimed at 11-16-year olds. Other Side of the Story encourages teens to look behind the reels and posts on social media to really ...

Well, they’re professionals. But the rest? Not so much. In fact, whilst your customers may believe themselves to be rational, when it comes to a business or purchasing decision, an estimated 95% of ...