The Biased Brain Podcast

The Biased Brain Podcast

Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast! Today, we're going to chat about something many of you have shown interest in - the career path from data analytics to data science. If you're considering making the leap or just curious about what this journey looks like, stick around. We'll break it down in a way that’s both informative and fun!

Episodes

How Belief Bias Affects Critical Thinking and Decision Making

July 25, 2025
Discover how belief bias impacts critical thinking and decision making, and learn to recognize cognitive biases that shape human cognition.
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Understanding Survivorship Bias: How Our Biased Brain Skews Success Stories

July 24, 2025
Discover how survivorship bias tricks your mind by focusing on winners and ignoring failures, and learn to sharpen your critical thinking skills today.
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Understanding Availability Heuristic and Cognitive Biases in Decision Making

July 23, 2025
Discover how the availability heuristic and other cognitive biases shape our decisions and learn to think critically with insights from The Biased Brain.
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Understanding the Reminiscence Bump: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Memories and Decisions

July 22, 2025
Discover the reminiscence bump and how our biased brain stores memories from youth, influencing human cognition, decision-making, and critical thinking.
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Understanding Implicit Associations and the Biased Brain

July 21, 2025
Explore how implicit associations shape your perceptions and decisions, and learn how understanding cognitive biases can improve critical thinking.
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Overcoming Group Attribution Error: Smarter Thinking for a Biased Brain

July 20, 2025
Learn how to reduce group attribution error and improve your critical thinking by understanding cognitive biases and human cognition better.
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Understanding the Reminiscence Bump: Why Early Memories Stand Out and Shape Our Minds

July 19, 2025
Discover why we vividly remember adolescence and early adulthood through the reminiscence bump and how cognitive biases influence these memories.
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Naive Realism Explained: How Our Biased Brain Shapes Reality and Decision Making

July 18, 2025
Discover naive realism—the belief our perspective is reality—and how cognitive biases affect human cognition and decisions every day.
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How the Primacy Effect Influences Your First Impressions and Decisions

July 17, 2025
Explore everyday examples of the primacy effect, a cognitive bias that shapes first impressions and affects decision making in surprising ways.
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The Rhyme Reason Effect: How Catchy Rhymes Trick Your Biased Brain

July 16, 2025
Discover how the rhyme reason effect influences trust in phrases and the role of cognitive biases in shaping human cognition and decision making.
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How the Mere Exposure Effect Shapes Your Favorite Brands and Buyer Behavior

July 15, 2025
Discover how the mere exposure effect influences your brand preferences and decisions by tapping into our biased brain and cognitive shortcuts.
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Understanding the Ben Franklin Effect and Cognitive Biases in Human Cognition

July 14, 2025
Discover the Ben Franklin Effect’s origin and how cognitive biases shape human decision making and relationships. Learn more about your biased brain today!
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Understanding the Placebo Effect: How Our Biased Brain Influences Healing

July 13, 2025
Discover how the placebo effect reveals the power of belief, cognitive biases, and human cognition in shaping health and decision-making.
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Empathy Gap Explained: How Cognitive Biases Shape Our Feelings and Decisions

July 12, 2025
Learn how the empathy gap and other cognitive biases influence our emotions and decision making, with easy examples and insights for better critical thinking.
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How Optimism Bias Shapes Our Decisions and Reality

July 11, 2025
Discover how optimism bias influences our mindset, decision making, and why understanding cognitive biases can improve critical thinking and reduce risks.
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Understanding Disconfirmation Bias and the Biased Brain in Science and Everyday Life

July 10, 2025
Explore how disconfirmation bias influences science and everyday thinking, and learn ways to improve critical thinking and decision making.
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How Risk Compensation and Insurance Reveal Our Biased Brain

July 9, 2025
Discover how risk compensation influences behavior with insurance, shaped by cognitive biases and critical thinking in human decision making.
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Understanding the Bystander Effect: A Look into Bias in Decision Making and Human Cognition

July 8, 2025
Discover how the classic bystander effect experiments reveal cognitive biases in human decision-making and social behavior, with insights for critical thinking.
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How Restraint Bias Influences Consumer Behavior and Our Illusion of Self-Control

July 7, 2025
Discover how restraint bias leads to overestimating self-control in consumer choices and learn to recognize bias in decision making for better habits.
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The Biased Brain: Understanding Perception Bias and Its Impact on Decision Making

July 6, 2025
Explore how perception bias shapes our worldviews and decisions, and learn ways to improve critical thinking by understanding cognitive biases.
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