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truth

Explore 3 cognitive biases related to this topic.

Rhyme-as-Reason Effect

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The rhyme-as-reason effect (or Eaton-Rosen phenomenon) is a cognitive bias where a saying or aphorism is judged as more accurate or truthful when it is rewritten to rhyme.

Cognitive Biases

/ Eaton-Rosen phenomenon

Fluency Heuristic

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The fluency heuristic is a mental shortcut where the ease of processing information (fluency) is used as a proxy for its truth, value, or likelihood.

Cognitive Biases

/ Processing fluency

Selection Bias

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Selection bias is the bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved.

Statistical Biases

/ Sampling bias (related)