Decision Aiding to Overcome Biases in Object Identification

Table 1

Potential biases in object identification.

Bias category	Cognitive bias
Memory biases	Imaginability	An event that is easily imagined is judged to be more probable
	Recall	An event may seem more probable if an instance is easily recalled
	Search	An effective search strategy may make an event seem more frequent
Statistical biases	Correlation	Probability of the co-occurrenceof events may be overestimated due to previous cooccurrence
Confidence biases	Confirmation	Confirming, rather than disconfirming, evidence is sought
	Redundancy	Redundant data may cause undue confidence in its accuracy and importance
	Selectivity	Expectation of the nature of an event influences what information is thought to be relevant
Presentation biases	Order	Undue importance may be placed on the first or last data point