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Cognitive Biases: Origins

A guide to identifying cognitive biases, their categories and origins

Some Sources on the Origins of Cognitive Biases

You can use these articles as a springboard to find information on the original sources of the discovery of the bias, or the first known source in which it is identified or labeled or described. In addition, you can locate many articles on specific biases by searching the databases listed under the Articles tab of this guide.

NOTE: An important step in researching cognitive biases is reviewing the sources that an author used. Make sure you review the bibliography (references) at the end of an article. These contain very useful links to the original studies, experiments and papers that gave rise to the cognitive bias.