Bias | Legal Psychology

Do androids dream about biased judges? – Self-fulfilling prophecies in litigation prediction by AI

A potentially valuable feature of AI applied in the legal field is identifying insightful patterns of how specific courts and judges...

I've alredy made up my mind. Change my mind! - Confirmation bias in legal setting

Confirmation bias is one of the most widely discussed cognitive limitations that can easily interfere with the reasoned decisions of any...

When our judgments drift us to dangerous shores - The anchoring effect in legal decision-making

„We should not moor a ship with one anchor or our life with one hope.” (Epictetus, Greek philosopher) For those familiar with the...

Flawed fortune-telling - Conjunction fallacy in legal setting

Conjunction fallacy is a well-known judgmental bias that shows that people erroneously believe that events described in more detail are...

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I knew it all along! But did I? - Hindsight bias in negligence cases

When people evaluate events or outcomes after they have occurred, they tend to exhibit the so-called hindsight bias: they judge the event...

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