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15 cognitive biases that screw up your relationships

Drake Baer,Shana LebowitzAug 13, 2015, 00:28 IST

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Even the most intelligent and empathetic people are plagued by psychological pitfalls that prevent them from fully understanding other people.

In fact, we're pretty much hardwired to make mistakes in our judgments of and behavior toward others.

Here, we've rounded up 15 cognitive biases that affect our everyday interactions. The scary part is that most of them happen without us even noticing.