Monkeys Also Believe in Winning Streaks, Study Shows
Friday, June 27, 2014 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Humans have a well-documented tendency to see winning and losing streaks in situations that, in fact, are random. But scientists disagree about whether the "hot-hand bias" is a cultural artifact picked up in childhood or a predisposition deeply ingrained in the structure of our cognitive architecture.