Every choice we make, from picking peanut butter to forming political opinions, is influenced by unseen cognitive biases.

Fifty years of evidence, zero accountability. Behavioral science helps explain why Western leaders keep falling for Iran's ...

Sports talent scouts' decisions are influenced by various common cognitive biases that can affect their work and undermine team success, a paper published in the International Review of Sport and ...

A COVID-19 study conducted in Provincetown, Massachusetts, recently made headlines around the country. The July 30 story on CNBC captures the supposed take-home message: “CDC study shows 74% of people ...

The task of being an effective leader is a difficult one. All the real work of organizations gets done through people, individually or collectively, on their own or in collaboration with technology.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. Among the many threats to decision making, few are as ...

Subconscious biases are common in medicine because doctors and other health staff are humans who are prone to such errors. Cognitive biases are not necessarily caused by negative intentions — they ...

The traditional traffic light system used by chief information security officers (CISOs) to report cyber risks to boards is showing signs of strain. After interviewing more than 10 CISOs across Europe ...