Raymond S. Nickerson
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Raymond S. Nickerson is an American psychologist and author. He is Research Professor at the Tufts University
in the Psychology Department. He has authored several books and is the founding editor of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
.
Among the topics he has written about are confirmation bias
and the boy or girl paradox.
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
in the Psychology Department. He has authored several books and is the founding editor of The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Journal of Experimental Psychology
Journal of Experimental Psychology is a bimonthly journal published by American Psychological Association since 1916, containing articles relating to experimental psychology....
.
Among the topics he has written about are confirmation bias
Confirmation bias
Confirmation bias is a tendency for people to favor information that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses regardless of whether the information is true.David Perkins, a geneticist, coined the term "myside bias" referring to a preference for "my" side of an issue...
and the boy or girl paradox.