Recency Bias

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Category: Cognition

Foundational Lexiconrecent events matter more
Executive Parlancetemporal weighting error
Scholarly Discoursechronological proximity bias
Babel ZenithRecency Bias
Origin: Psychology

Etymology & Meaning

Placing too much emphasis on recent events when making decisions.

In the Boardroom

Overreacting to last quarter's results when planning long-term strategy.

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