IMAGINE you meet someone in a suit, talking confidently about stocks. You might instantly think, “He must be good with money.” Why? Because he fits the image of a successful investor. That’s ...

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Despite individuals’ awareness of the risks associated with fraud, they frequently engage in irrational decision-making within the realm of telecom network fraud, revealing a dissonance in their ...

Have you ever wondered why certain memories of your partner stand out more than others, shaping your perception of your relationship? This phenomenon can be explained by the availability heuristic, a ...

Research suggests readers struggle to tell the difference between human and artificial intelligence-generated essays. In a project organized by four researchers, including three from the School of ...

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., could not have proved two points more handily last week if he had tried. First, he proved the spreading of vicious lies about an immigrant community in Springfield, Ohio ...

Journalists can’t report accurately on research involving human subjects without knowing certain details about the sample of people researchers studied. It’s important to know, for example, whether ...

Rural families living in impoverished conditions and developing nations who wish to start their own businesses are impacted by a multitude of cognitive shortcuts and heuristics. Three heuristics that ...