Steve Jobs described computers as “bicycles for the mind,” a tool that allowed people to dramatically leverage their capabilities. This paper presents a formal model of cognitive tools and ...

Subtle personality changes are an often-missed sign of cognitive decline, primarily because of how easily they can be blamed ...

Cognitive bias refers to the unconscious mental shortcuts and assumptions that distort how we perceive information and make decisions. In supply chains, these biases can skew judgment ...

Older adults with dementia misjudge their financial skills -- which may make them more vulnerable to fraud, new research finds.

The job of president is physically and mentally demanding. I witnessed this firsthand as a White House physician for three presidents, including as the designated physician to the president for ...

A million books have been written on how to get the facts sorted out properly and how to avoid cognitive biases. Good judgment is actually good judgment about people.

In fact, these questions get at only three out of over 100 unconscious dangerous judgment errors that scholars in behavioral economics and cognitive neuroscience call cognitive biases.