Memory can actually make us prone to confirmation bias. "If we are remembering something from our past, we need to be ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Among the many threats to decision making, few are as pervasive and ...

Watch the clip below to find out how this confirmation bias can affect what we believe. When we see a post that tells us exactly what we want to hear, we don’t always bother to check if it’s true.

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's prior beliefs or values. People display this bias when they select ...

Confirmation bias is the tendency for people to believe evidence that confirms their preexisting beliefs and discount information that counters those beliefs. Seeking to corroborate our beliefs ...

One type of bias that affects our view of the stories and news we come across is confirmation bias. This is when we favour ideas or beliefs that we already have rather than challenging them.

Confirmation bias abounds: If you’re one of the ubiquitous confident Republicans, you see evidence to back up your theory. The same is true for both current strands of Democrats: the worriers ...