bias
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2020’s top 100 journal articles
Tracking historical changes in trustworthiness using machine learning analyses of facial cues in paintings [Top 100 research & commentary of 2020]
A strongly criticised study exposes the risks and dangers of algorithmic biases, and highlights the need to critically appraise all…
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2020’s top 100 journal articles
RETRACTED ARTICLE: The association between early career informal mentorship in academic collaborations and junior author performance [Top 100 research & commentary of 2020]
A retracted scientific collaboration mentoring study highlights the importance of critically appraising all scientific research evidence before use.
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Brain power
Cognitive bias sorting and resources
A guide on cognitive bias sorting ideas for psychologists and lay people.
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Brain power
What is our motivation when gathering information?
We tend to stop hunting for evidence the moment that data supports the conclusion we wished it to support when…
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Brain power
Many interventions are used to reduce implicit bias, but which ones actually work?
There is a growing awareness of implicit biases, and interventions and training programs aimed at reducing implicit bias are being…
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Brain power
Is our brain able to think rationally, even when we don’t?
A recent study looked at the extent to which prior knowledge could be modified if new or conflicting evidence emerged,…
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Brain power
What AI can teach us about stereotypes
There are concerns that AI will propagate the biases in society, but it can also shed light on those biases.
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Brain power
How conspiracy theories spread online
An analysis has found that it wasn’t always the people we traditionally associate with conspiracies who were most involved in…
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Brain power
Responding to the Starbucks race incident: does the evidence support unconscious bias training?
In the wake of the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks store, the Philadelphia Police Commissioner and Starbucks…
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Opinion
A rational person’s 1-minute guide to why rational thinking often fails to persuade people [Thinking is hard series]
It becomes rational to revisit rationality as a method of persuasion, because it fails to produce results.