Tag: Cognitive bias

Can Awareness of Our Biases Clear Our Vision?


(please forgive the poor video quality, the only way I could shorten the video to under 10minutes was to convert and clip the last few minutes).

Previously, I’ve shared thoughts on decision making. In this instance I’ll cover an interesting neurological side effect of our conscious mind, cognitive biases.

For those unfamiliar with the concept of cognitive biases, here’s a quick background on the concept from the wikipedia: (more…)