What category does Recency Bias belong to?

Recency Bias belongs to the "Cognitive Biases" category in personal knowledge management and productivity.

What are the key topics related to Recency Bias?

Key topics related to Recency Bias include: cognitive-biases, cognition, decision-making, psychology.

What are alternative names for Recency Bias?

Recency Bias is also known as: Availability heuristic.

Recency Bias

The tendency to overweight recent information in decision-making.

Also known as: Availability heuristic

Category: Cognitive Biases

Tags: cognitive-biases, cognition, decision-making, psychology

Explanation

Recency Bias is the tendency to give disproportionate weight to recent events or information when making decisions or predictions. What happened recently feels more relevant and influential than older data, even when it shouldn't be. This can lead to overreacting to recent trends and undervaluing historical patterns. Fighting against recency bias is important for making balanced decisions. PKM systems help by preserving and surfacing older but relevant information.

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Confirmation Bias
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