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How cognitive bias can aid in you losing your weekly matchups

How cognitive bias can aid in you losing your weekly matchups

I’m beyond excited to bring my unique blend of neuroscience and fantasy football love to Yahoo Sports this season. I earned my Ph.D. in Neuroscience and am currently a professor in the Brain and Cognitive Science Department at the University of Rochester. Living in Rochester does make me a Buffalo Bills fan, though I’m not quite as rabid as most of my family since I’ve always put fantasy before fandom. I’ve been playing fantasy football since 2006 and I’ve been an avid NFL and NBA… Source link

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‘The Fed got itself into a cognitive trap’

‘The Fed got itself into a cognitive trap’

The Bank of England announced its biggest rate hike since 1995 on Thursday, following the lead of the Federal Reserve in the U.S., which has been raising rates to respond to skyrocketing inflation. But some Fed watchers believe the U.S. central bank acted too slowly. The Federal Reserve became ensnared in a “cognitive trap” that made the central bank believe inflation was fleeting, Mohamed El-Erian, Allianz SE chief economic adviser and ex-PIMCO CEO, said in a recent episode of “Influencers… Source link

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