20 Cognitive Biases that Screw Up Your Decisions [INFOGRAPHIC]

We’re so much less perfect than we know.

Our brains are a marvel of evolution, able to outperform the most powerful supercomputers in key areas involving cognition. However, even our superior brains are fallible, making our interpretations of what we perceive wildly off-base.

The Business Insider’s Shana Lebowitz and Samantha Lee recently outlined 20 common cognitive biases with the infographic below.

Which of these are you guilty of? Clue: All of them.

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Listed biases

Click on each item for a more in depth look.

• Anchoring bias/ Focalism
• Availability heuristic
• Bandwagon effect
• Blind-spot bias
• Choice supportive bias
• Clustering illusion
• Confirmation bias
• Conservatism bias
• Information bias
• Ostrich effect
• Outcome bias
• Overconfidence
• Placebo effect
• Pro-innovation bias
• Receny a.k.a. Serial position effect
• Salience
• Selective perception
• Stereotyping
• Survivorship bias
• Zero-risk bias

Tell us your stories of cognitive biases in action in the comments below!