Kris Goffin featured in documentary on unconscious biases
Are unconscious biases steering our decisions more than we realize?
In the season finale of Belgian TV show Factcheckers, FASoS researcher Kris Goffin helped design five powerful tests to explore how deeply unconscious biases influence our everyday thoughts, decisions, and behaviours - often without us even noticing.
Our brains rely on shortcuts to handle the constant flood of information. But these shortcuts can distort reality and lead to unfounded assumptions about people and groups.
Watch the episode via this link.
Also read
-
Studio Europa Launches Policy Brief Series on the Digital Services Act and Democracy in the Digital Age
On 15 May 2025, Studio Europa Maastricht launched its new Policy Brief Collection on Digitalisation, a multidisciplinary effort exploring how the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) shapes our digital future.
-
Harro van Lente appointed chairman of Netherlands Health Council committee
The Netherlands Health Council (Gezondheidsraad) has installed a committee to prepare an advisory report on preventive signalling of dementia.
-
Darian Meacham appointed co-investigator in national ROBUST programme
The programme boosts fundamental research in artificial intelligence through public-private collaborations.
