When a party’s leader claims to “back the blue” but pardons or frees those who assaulted police, some party members may feel dissonance. How do they reduce that dissonance?

Many of these represent cognitive biases of some kind ... Devine, “Why Does Social Comparison Reduce Dissonance?” (presentation, Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association ...

LONDON — A doctor’s unconscious bias could affect patient care ... with additional affiliation to MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

Professor Eleanor Maguire, who sadly died on 4 th January, was a cognitive neuroscientist at UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, which is where over the course of three decades, she devoted ...

If you understand how the human brain decides what to pay attention to—and what to ignore—your public speaking and presentation skills will soar. I recently contacted John Medina, a cognitive ...

But you likely actually can’t help but focus on that piece of trash for a biological reason called the “negativity bias.” It’s the same reason we’ll tend to gripe about a frustrating ...

Streamline your presentation slideshow—and keep it consistent with the UB brand guidelines—by starting with one of our PowerPoint templates. Looking to include general information on some of the ...

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