One source of software project challenges and failures is the systematic errors introduced by human cognitive biases. Although extensively explored in cognitive psychology, investigations concerning cognitive biases have only recently gained popularity in software engineering (SE) research. This paper therefore systematically maps, aggregates and synthesizes the literature on cognitive biases i...

In the current study, a serious game was developed to address a training challenge: teaching players to recognize and mitigate their cognitive biases. Cognitive biases, which are human tendencies to commit systematic errors in thinking that lead to irrational judgments, are deeply ingrained and difficult to alter. This paper describes the theorybased approach we employed to create a game for th...

BACKGROUND Trends in medical education have reflected the patient safety movement's initial focus on systems. While the role of cognitive-based diagnostic errors has been increasingly recognised among safety experts, literature describing strategies to teach about this important problem is scarce. METHODS 48 PGY-2 internal medicine residents participated in a three-part, 1-year curriculum in ...

A rich body of research points to racial biases in so-called police officer dilemma tasks: participants are generally faster and less error-prone “shoot” (vs. not “shoot”) Black White) targets. In three experimental (and two supplemental) studies (total N = 914), we aimed at examining the cognitive processes underlying these findings under fully standardized conditions. To be able dissect a-pri...

Abstract Individuals often assess themselves as being less susceptible to common biases compared others. This bias blind spot (BBS) is thought represent a metacognitive error. In this research, we tested three explanations for the effect: The cognitive sophistication hypothesis posits that individuals who display BBS more strongly are actually biased than introspection occurs because people rel...

Objective: Many children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) either don’t have access to its main treatment, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), or do not respond to it. Cognitive Bias Modification of Interpretation (CBM‑I) is a novel and promising intervention that targets incorrect interpretation of intrusive thoughts and impulses which are the characteristics of OCD. The aim of the pres...

Limb use, an indicator of hemispheric functioning, may be a useful predictor of cognitive bias and hence vulnerability to welfare risk. The relationship between cognitive bias and motor asymmetry, however, has been subject to little investigation. This study explored the association between motor asymmetry and cognitive bias in the domestic dog, a species that displays lateral bias in the form ...