Cognitive biases impact how both patients and non-patients think about MS, says columnist Ben Hofmeister, who calls education the best remedy.

Determining truth from what is believed to be true is a lot like being in the beginning of the movie The Matrix. As Morpheus explains to Neo, “You take the blue pill — the story ends; you wake up in ...

Diagnostic errors affect approximately 12 million U.S. adult patients each year, according to a 2011 study published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Such errors could harm patients and also ...

Recently I was having a conversation with a long-term friend. He knows that I am a healthy eater and that I eat little red meat, which is precisely why he brought up the subject. Looking to needle me ...

A new study published in Psychological Medicine has found that a specific type of cognitive training can reduce biological markers of stress. The training, focused on modifying memory biases, appeared ...

QI in healthcare are often seen as large projects, but daily clinical work already involves quality improvement activities ...

In the politicization of COVID vaccines, a key underlying factor could be our innate bias that influences our thinking, especially a phenomenon known as “confirmation bias.” Last month, a long-awaited ...

Identity is ubiquitous and people rarely consider the impact it has on how information is processed. Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) training is on the rise globally, and this raises awareness ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Recognizing and mitigating cognitive biases is crucial for making informed decisions. Status quo, recency and overconfidence biases are ...

Cognitive biases can affect our decision-making and ability to assess risk. This post explores 3 possible cognitive biases in ...

To say that facts are less important than feelings in shaping our beliefs about empirical matters seems new, at least in American politics. In the past we have faced serious challenges — even to the ...