it's crucial. However, confirmation bias might be getting in your way, and the kicker is that you may not even know it. "With confirmation bias, we basically see what we want to see," says Dr ...

A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025, removes gender identity as a protected status from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, leaving ...

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This bias can lead individuals to perceive items or opportunities as more valuable simply because they are scarce or rare, regardless of their true worth." Confirmation bias is a tendency among ...

I particularly enjoy the Opinion section. Since the start of President Trump’s second term, I have seen more cases of confirmation bias than I can ever recall. Regular Opinion columns and ...

Confirmation bias abounds: If you’re one of the ubiquitous confident Republicans, you see evidence to back up your theory. The same is true for both current strands of Democrats: the worriers ...