Hindsight Bias and COVID-19: Hindsight Was Not 20/20 in 2020

• Published in: Journal of applied research in memory and cognition Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 105 - 115
• Main Authors: Giroux, Megan E., Derksen, Daniel G., Coburn, Patricia I., Bernstein, Daniel M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washigton Educational Publishing Foundation 01.03.2023; Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
• Subjects: COVID-19; Estimation; Hindsight Bias; Human; Judgment; Memory; Peers; COVID-19; foreseeability; memory distortion; inevitability; hindsight bias

Hindsight bias occurs when outcome information distorts people's memories of past beliefs or exaggerates perceptions of outcomes' foreseeability or inevitability. We investigated whether community and university participants in Canada and the U.S. exhibited hindsight bias for COVID-19. In...