The Biased Brain Podcast

The Biased Brain Podcast

Explore the intriguing world of cognitive biases and human cognition in this engaging podcast. Discover how bias in decision making shapes our perceptions and influences our choices. Join us as we delve into the science behind critical thinking and biases, providing practical insights to enhance your understanding and control over your thought processes. Whether you're a psychology student or curious observer, this podcast offers valuable tools to help you unveil the hidden biases in your mind.

Episodes

June 14, 2025
Discover how sympathy bias affects political decision making and learn to balance emotions and facts for clearer thinking in politics.
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Discover why businesses keep investing in failing projects and how understanding cognitive biases can lead to smarter decision making and better outcomes.
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Discover how the perseverance effect influences motivation and decision making, and why understanding cognitive biases improves critical thinking.
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Explore how status quo bias influences politics, voter behavior, and resistance to change through understanding cognitive biases in human decision making.
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Discover how the Google Effect influences cognitive biases and decision making, while learning to improve critical thinking and reduce bias in your mind.
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Discover how negativity bias shapes memory and decision making, and learn to balance your mind for better critical thinking and awareness.
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Learn practical ways to overcome confirmation bias and improve your decision making by understanding cognitive biases and human cognition.
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Learn how cultural bias influences our thinking and discover practical ways to reduce bias in decision making through better understanding of cognitive biases.
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Discover why our brains favor the familiar with status quo bias and how understanding cognitive biases can improve decision making every day.
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Discover how survival processing influences human cognition and bias in decision making, shaping what our brains remember and how we think.
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Discover how social desirability bias affects interviews and human cognition, and learn to recognize biased brain patterns for honest, mindful answers.
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Discover how escalation of commitment bias impacts your decisions and learn ways to recognize and overcome this common cognitive trap.
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Discover how belief bias shapes our decisions and learn to recognize your brain’s hidden biases to improve your critical thinking skills.
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Explore instinctive drift and evolution’s role in shaping our minds and biases. Understand cognitive biases and improve critical thinking today.
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Discover how anchoring bias impacts your decisions and learn tips to outsmart this common cognitive bias affecting human cognition every day.
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Discover how the misinformation effect distorts memories and why understanding cognitive biases is key to better critical thinking and decision making.
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Discover how the sunk cost fallacy and cognitive biases sneak into our decisions and learn to think clearly with insights from The Biased Brain by Bo Bennett, PhD.
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Explore how survival processing influences cognitive biases and impacts human cognition, memory, and decision making in everyday life.
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Discover how declinism and other cognitive biases skew our perspective of reality, affecting decision making and human cognition every day.
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Discover how hindsight bias affects memory and bias in decision making, and learn ways to improve critical thinking and understanding cognitive biases.
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