Reducing confirmation bias and evaluation bias: When are preference-inconsistent recommendations effective - And when not?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2280-2290

  Schwind, Christina ^a   Buder, Jürgen ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confirmation bias; Critical thinking; Evaluation bias; Recommendations

Indexed keywords

CONFIRMATION BIAS; CRITICAL THINKING; EVALUATION BIAS; FAVORABLE CONDITIONS; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; RECOMMENDATIONS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84865655905     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.06.035     Document Type: Article

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