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Ben Yagoda (September 2018). "Your Lying Mind". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2 September 2018. Wikipedia's "List of cognitive biases" contains 185 entries, from actor-observer bias ("the tendency for explanations of other individuals' behaviors to overemphasize the influence of their personality and underemphasize the influence of their situation … and for explanations of one's own behaviors to do the opposite") to the Zeigarnik effect ("uncompleted or interrupted tasks are remembered better than completed ones").
Cognitive bias cheat sheet (1 September 2016). "Buster Benson". Better Humans (betterhumans.pub) via Medium. Retrieved 11 April 2022. I've spent many years referencing Wikipedia's list of cognitive biases whenever I have a hunch that a certain type of thinking is an official bias but I can't recall the name or details. It's been an invaluable reference for helping me identify the hidden flaws in my own thinking. Nothing else I've come across seems to be both as comprehensive and as succinct. However, honestly, the Wikipedia page is a bit of a tangled mess.

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Addition of Fluency Heuristic

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

"Fluency Heuristic" or similar appears to be missing from the list.

In contrast to the "Rhyme as Reason", the Fluency Heuristic applies to a wider set of statements beyond those that rhyme but also have an increased ease of cognitive processing (eg catchphrases), as is supported by the information on the page dedicated to the Fluency_heuristic. Thus, it appears to be an omission on the main list of cognitive biases.

Suggest adding it in the List of cognitive biases#Truthiness section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minogully (talk • contribs) 19:10, 14 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Agency bias

Latest comment: 1 year ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Doesn't seem to be included - maybe I missed it. Could start with this paper on Motion, identity and the bias toward agency. Shtove (talk) 08:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Could this be a synonym of agent detection bias? Paradoctor (talk) 12:23, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Self-published encyclopedia

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

(Apologies, this was posted on the wrong talk page. Now moved here.) MartinPoulter (talk) 13:14, 17 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

Gender Bias - Ambiguous

Latest comment: 9 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

It is unclear if it is referring to sex bias (biological) or gender bias (social role) . It appears to conflate the two which would evolutionary result from very different pressures and result in different presentations. For instance, a male choosing to present as female may or may not inherit certain biases. No support given either way. Perhaps change to "sex bias" or "gender (sex) for clarity as it appears that is the bias being referenced. 209.213.173.27 (talk) 05:34, 21 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

The linked article states that Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender, so the conflation is not an editorial mistake, but a feature of the topic. Paradoctor (talk) 06:01, 21 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

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