A recent series of experiments demonstrated that introducing ranking bias to election-related
search engine results can have a strong and undetectable influence on the preferences of …

Human Memory, 4th edition, provides a comprehensive overview of research and theory on
human memory. Written in an engaging style, the book is divided into three sections …

Predecisional distortion is jurors' biased interpretation of new evidence to support whichever
verdict is tentatively favored as a trial progresses. In 2 experiments, students and …

Legal decisions such as the decision to bail upon adjourning a case have major
consequences for both defendants and society. In the English system, magistrates, most of …

Explaining moral intuitions is one of the hot topics of recent cognitive science. In the present
article we focus on a factor that attracted surprisingly little attention so far, namely the …

The cognitive process model" SARA" aims to explain the anchoring effect and hindsight bias
by making detailed assumptions about the representation and alteration of item-specific …

Research has consistently shown that jurors are influenced by multiple schemas in cases of
alleged sexual assault, including offense stereotypes and victim stereotypes. These …

A common implicit assumption in engineering design is that user preferences exist a priori.
However, research from behavioral psychology and experimental economics suggests that …

Drawing on theoretical frameworks developed in social and cognitive psychology, this thesis
examines the degree to which individual and systemic factors may compensate for inherent …

We present evidence of first impression bias among finance professionals in the field. Equity
analysts' forecasts, target prices, and recommendations suffer from first impression bias. If a …