Emotional bias

An emotional bias is a distortion in cognition and decision making due to emotional factors.

For example, a person might be inclined:

  • to attribute negative judgements to neutral events or objects;
  • to believe something that has a positive emotional effect, that gives a pleasant feeling, even if there is evidence to the contrary;
  • to be reluctant to accept hard facts that are unpleasant and give mental suffering.
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