Cognitive biases can be adaptive when they speed decision-making.
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Cognitive bias
Synonyms for "cognitive bias" (21 found)
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Closest matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(1 words)
biased reasoning
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
Noun(9 words)
latin ignorārelearning biasmental shortcutpersonal experience biasprejudice in judgmentselective ignoranceskewedthinking biaswilfulness
Adjective(1 words)
unsound reasoning
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7 entriesanchoring biasavailability biasconfirmation biasframing biasframing effectoverconfidence biasrepresentativeness bias
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12 entriesaddress cognitive biasanchoring biasavailability biascognitive bias awarenesscognitive bias frameworkconfirmation biashindsight biasminimize cognitive biasnegativity biasoptimism biasreduce cognitive biasstudy cognitive bias
Inflections
1 entriescognitive biases
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
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When the government realised that a new virus was circulating, Chinese officials didn’t advise hand washing, a better cough etiquette and disposing of tissues. They quarantined entire cities and shut down the economy. As one former secretary of state for health in England put it to me, our scientists suffered from a “cognitive bias” towards the milder threat of influenza.
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