This Article explores how judges’ hidden cognitive biases, specifically the “anchoring effect” and, to a lesser extent, the “bias blind spot,” impact decision making. See also Guthrie et al., Inside The Judicial Mind, 86 Cornell L. Rev. 777 (2001).
Citation:
Bennett, Confronting Cognitive "Anchoring Effect" And "Blind Spot" Biases In Federal Sentencing: A Modest Solution For Reforming A Fundamental Flaw, 104 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 489 (Summer, 2014).