Hindsight bias — An important part of an efficient memory system
The way our impression of how we acted or would have acted changes when we learn the outcome of an event due to our brain uncluttering our minds by discarding inaccurate information.
Date created: May 14, 2000 Comment: WASHINGTON — It is said that hindsight is 20-20. According to new research, hindsight bias -- the way our impression of how we acted or would have acted changes when we learn the outcome of an event -- is actually a by-product of a cognitive mechanism that allows us to unclutter our minds by discarding inaccurate information and embracing that which is correct. Researchers in the Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) research group at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany, have developed a model of hindsight bias called…
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