<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The author stands that thinking by analogy is a natural instrument human have because of the mirror neurons in our brain. However, is it that infallible to rely on? How can we be sure that our hidden biases will not harm our reflections? Implicit Association Bias (IAB), for instance, is a powerful intruder that affects our understanding, actions, and decisions on the unconscious level by cherishing the stereotypes based on specific characteristics such as ethnicity, sex, race, and so on. To check if there is a correlation between the IAB effect and the people’s capacity to reason logically, the author had created an online-survey. The focus was on analogical reasoning and IAB tests concerning the question of gender equality in science and everyday life and age prejudices.</p></abstract>

The author stands that thinking by analogy is a natural instrument human have because of the mirror neurons in our brain. However, is it that infallible to rely on? How can we be sure that our hidden biases will not harm our reflections? Implicit Association Bias (IAB), for instance, is a powerful intruder that affects our understanding, actions, and decisions on the unconscious level by cherishing the stereotypes based on specific characteristics such as ethnicity, sex, race, and so on. To check if there is a correlation between the IAB effect and the people’s capacity to reason logically, the author had created an online-survey. The focus was on analogical reasoning and IAB tests concerning the question of gender equality in science and everyday life and age prejudices.

The Analogy in Decision-Making and the Implicit Association Bias Effect

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Studia Humana

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The author stands that thinking by analogy is a natural instrument human have because of the mirror neurons in our brain. However, is it that infallible to...

The Analogy in Decision-Making and the Implicit Association Bias Effect

Published Online: Dec 21, 2019

Page range: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2019-0015

Keywords
analogy, analogical thinking, Implicit Association Bias, IAT

© 2019 Nataliia Reva, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Analogy in Decision-Making and the Implicit Association Bias Effect

Published Online: Dec 21, 2019

Page range: 25 - 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2019-0015

Keywordsanalogy, analogical thinking, Implicit Association Bias, IAT

© 2019 Nataliia Reva, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
analogy, analogical thinking, Implicit Association Bias, IAT