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cognitive biases

cognitive biases is the plural of cognitive bias.

Meaning of cognitive bias

Noun

cognitive bias (usually uncountable, plural cognitive biases)

  1. (usually) A systematic deviation from norms of rationality and objectivity in judgment or perception.
    • Cognitive biases can be adaptive when they speed decision-making.

Questions about cognitive biases

What is cognitive biases the plural of?
Cognitive biases is the plural of cognitive bias.

Words near cognitive biases in the dictionary

  1. cognitive behavioural therapies
  2. cognitive behavioural therapist
  3. cognitive behavioural therapists
  4. cognitive behavioural therapy
  5. cognitive bias
  6. cognitive biases
  7. cognitive control
  8. cognitive disabilities
  9. cognitive disability
  10. cognitive disengagement syndrome
  11. cognitive dissonance

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