Why Smart People Ignore Medical Advice: New Five-Question Test Spots Irrational Health Beliefs
Japanese researchers have validated a brief five-item scale that measures the irrational health beliefs shown to undermine health literacy, personal ...
Tag: cognitive bias
How Cognitive Bias Nearly Hid a Teenager’s Cancer Behind a Benign Diagnosis
A new case report describes how anchoring and confirmation bias led clinicians to treat a teenager's massive germ cell tumor ...
Adolescent Stress Sculpts the Brain Differently in Female and Male Rats
A longitudinal rat study shows that chronic stress during adolescence drives a female-specific shift toward negative cognitive bias alongside reorganization ...
Why We Trust Unreliable Sources: The Brain Distorts Stated Reliability When Deciding
A new PLOS Computational Biology study shows that people distort explicit reliability labels when making decisions, letting even sources flagged ...
Cognitive science trick makes crowdsourced AI training data dramatically more accurate
Researchers show that recalibrating crowdsourced probability judgments with a cognitive model of human bias makes medical image datasets and the ...
Scientists Build First Validated Scale to Measure Irrational Behavior in Students’ Online Talk
Researchers in China have developed and validated a 28-item scale measuring irrational behavior in undergraduate students' online discourse across four ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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