The confirmation bias, unlike other decision biases, has been shown both empirically and in theory to be enhanced with … this bias. We aimed to test this hypothesis using a validated confirmation bias task in conjunction with a protocol that … confirmation bias would be stronger for WR participants and those higher in cognitive reflection on a sample of 197 young adults …

We report the results of an experiment on selective exposure to information. A decision maker interested in learning …. In line with the theory, subjects are more likely to seek confirmatory information when sources are symmetrically … source even when prior beliefs are strongly unbalanced and this source is less informative. Our experiment suggests that base …

finance. Includes detailed discussions of descriptive statistics, basic probability theory, inductive statistics, and …