Episodes

  • Understanding Trait Ascription Bias: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Perceptions of Self and Others

    Understanding Trait Ascription Bias: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Perceptions of Self and Others
    Aug 20 2025
    Understanding Trait Ascription Bias: Why We See Ourselves Differently Than Others
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  • Why Our Biased Brain Causes Us to Underestimate Time: Understanding the Planning Fallacy

    Why Our Biased Brain Causes Us to Underestimate Time: Understanding the Planning Fallacy
    Aug 19 2025
    Why We Always Underestimate How Long Things Take: The Planning Fallacy
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  • Understanding the Bystander Effect: Human Cognition and Cognitive Biases in Action

    Understanding the Bystander Effect: Human Cognition and Cognitive Biases in Action
    Aug 18 2025
    The Bystander Effect: What It Is and Some Real-Life Examples
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  • How Salience Bias Shapes Your Shopping Habits and Decisions

    How Salience Bias Shapes Your Shopping Habits and Decisions
    Aug 17 2025
    Why Salience Bias Makes Marketing So Sticky
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  • Understanding Survivorship Bias and Its Impact on Decision Making

    Understanding Survivorship Bias and Its Impact on Decision Making
    Aug 16 2025
    Understanding Survivorship Bias: The Hidden Trap in Our Thinking
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  • Understanding Cognitive Dissonance: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Our Decisions

    Understanding Cognitive Dissonance: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Our Decisions
    Aug 15 2025
    What Exactly Is Cognitive Dissonance?
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  • How Reactive Devaluation Shapes Our Biases and Decisions

    How Reactive Devaluation Shapes Our Biases and Decisions
    Aug 14 2025
    Hey, have you ever noticed how sometimes when someone offers you a suggestion or a deal, you just automatically dismiss it—even if it seems pretty reasonable—just because you don’t like who it’s coming from? Like, the very fact that it’s from that person suddenly makes the offer less valuable in your eyes? That, my friend, is called reactive devaluation, and it’s a fascinating little quirk of the human mind that actually ties into how several cognitive biases work.
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  • Understanding the Framing Effect: How Bias Shapes Your Decisions

    Understanding the Framing Effect: How Bias Shapes Your Decisions
    Aug 13 2025
    The Framing Effect: How the Way We See Things Shapes Our Decisions
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