Imagine making a crucial decision only to realize later that your choice was heavily influenced by the first piece of information you encountered. This cognitive bias, known as the anchoring effect, ...

The psychological anchoring effect occurs when people rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive when making decisions or estimates. That early piece of information becomes a ...

The function of the anchor on a ship is to keep the vessel from sailing away. But in the case of the ‘anchoring effect’, it keeps the mind from sailing towards different starting points for the ...

Research looks at how experiencing rudeness amplifies anchoring bias including in doctors' decision-making. Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles ...

In a previous post, I invited scholars to nominate what they think is the best-replicated finding in social psychology. Lukas Röseler, of the University of Bamberg, wrote me to make a case for ...

Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles later? Or been interrupted by a colleague in a meeting, and found yourself replaying the event in your head ...