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.
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