Negative stimuli have bigger impact on the mental state.
We tend to forget things that happened just before we have to perform something.
The brain sometimes ignores multiple warnings signals.
Tendency to avoid things with an external origin.
We favour an act of omission/inaction over commission/action.
Avoiding negative information that can cause discomfort.
The belief that the people in the out-group are very similar to each other.
Evaluating the quality of a decision after the outcome is known.
We overestimate our performance, think our performance is better than that of others, and think we have more accurate beliefs.
Public and press likes narratives. More widely accepted a narrative is, the more it shapes the perception of facts.