Cognitive biases of talent scouts can undermine sports teams' success

Cognitive biases of talent scouts can undermine sports teams' success

Sports talent scouts' decisions are influenced by various common cognitive biases that can affect their work and undermine team success, a paper published in the International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology has suggested. The research team reviewed the scientific and popular literature in the field covering close to 200 cognitive biases, or logical fallacies that result in decisions being less than fully rational. They then identified 3…

McGill University - Cognitive biases of talent scouts can undermine sports teams' success

Sports talent scouts' decisions are influenced by various common cognitive biases that can affect their work and undermine team success, a paper published in the International Review of Sp. . .