cognitive bias

What Is an Attribution Bias and How It Secretly Distorts Your Thinking

What Is an Attribution Bias and How It Secretly Distorts Your Thinking

Even the most logical of us are influenced by attribution bias. Here are a few of the ways it can…

6 years ago

What Is the Spotlight Effect and How It Alters Your Perception of Other People

Even if you have never heard about the spotlight effect, it is likely that it influences your perception without you…

6 years ago

How Black-And-White Thinking Distorts Your Perception of Life and How to Stop It

The black-and-white thinking divides reality into light and dark with a clean-cut, canceling its complexity, ambiguity, and every nuance. It…

6 years ago

The Dunning Kruger Effect or Why Stupid People Think They Are Smart

We all know someone who thinks they're smarter than they are. But before you judge, you'd better check you are…

6 years ago

Cognitive Restructuring: Reframe Your Negative Thoughts and Limiting Beliefs

Also known as cognitive reframing, cognitive restructuring "is a technique drawn from cognitive therapy that can help people identify, challenge…

6 years ago

7 Distorted Thinking Traps That Even Intelligent People Fall into

We may think we are rational human beings, but actually, we are often swayed by distorted thinking patterns called cognitive…

7 years ago

7 Common Mind Traps That Affect Our Thinking

Humans are smart, granted, but we are wildly imperfect. We tend to fall into mind traps which weaken our intellect…

11 years ago