Cognitive Bias in Language Models

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  1. Learning Whom to Trust About the Unseen: Source Credibility and Reliability Transfer in Language Models

    Nov 6, 2026Ruijia GuanBelief Updating in LLMsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University

  2. Cognitive Bias Signatures in Search-Equipped LLM Agents: A Stage-Resolved Analysis

    Nov 3, 2026Yanru Xiao, Yingwei YuAnchoring Bias in Language ModelsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Amazon Web Services

  3. Large language models underrepresent malice and overreport virtue

    Oct 31, 2026Xiaoyan Wu, Fan ShiMoral Reasoning in Language ModelsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Department of Adult Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Zurich, Switzerland · Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  4. Multi-Estimate Elicitation Does Not Uniformly Debias Language Model Judgments

    Oct 31, 2026An-Sheng JhangAnchoring Bias in Language ModelsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Dongguan University of Technology

  5. The psychophysics of affect in large language models

    Oct 29, 2026Joseph Marks, Marius C. VollbergLLM Decision-MakingCognitive Bias in Language Models

    NatWest Group, London, UK · University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland

  6. Locating Sycophancy Across Training Stages in Open Language Models

    Oct 27, 2026Jiarui Yao, Shweta Parihar, Nghia Tuan Bui +2LLM SycophancyLLM Training

    Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School · New Jersey Institute of Technology

  7. 3, 7, 14, 17, 42: Instruction Tuning Installs and Sharpens Number-Choice Heuristics in Language Models

    Oct 26, 2026Samar AnsariInstruction TuningCognitive Bias in Language Models

  8. Trusting the Tool: Asymmetric Deference of LLM Vulnerability Auditors to Static-Analysis Evidence

    Oct 23, 2026ZhiHong Liu, Shuyao GaoLLM AuditingCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies (aSSIST University), Seoul, Republic of Korea · Liaoning Mechanical & Electrical College of Technology, Dandong, Liaoning, China

  9. Prospect Theory in Large Language Models: A Meta-Analysis of Loss Aversion, Diminishing Sensitivity, and Probability Weighting

    Oct 22, 2026Adi TarabeihCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel, Haifa

  10. BAIT: Can LLMs Find What Biases a Reader? A Benchmark for Cognitive Bias Triggers in News

    Oct 20, 2026Yousra Fettach, Tijl De BieCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Ghent University, Belgium

  11. Procedural Exposure Bias in Skill-Augmented Language Model Agents

    Oct 19, 2026Qing Yang, Yuqi Xiong, Pengcheng Huang +5LLM AgentsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China · Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China

  12. Consistency Training Suppresses Cue Following Without Teaching Cue Selectivity

    Oct 19, 2026Prakhar Gupta, Terry Jingchen Zhang, Zhijing JinReasoning Consistency in Language ModelsCognitive Bias in Language Models

    University of Michigan · Jinesis Lab, University of Toronto & Vector Institute · University of Oxford +2

  13. Many Biases, One Circuit: Post-Training Tunes a Pretrained Cue-Routing Mechanism

    Oct 16, 2026Prakhar Gupta, Terry Jingchen Zhang, Zhijing JinCognitive Bias in Language ModelsCircuits in Language Models

    University of Michigan · Jinesis Lab, University of Toronto & Vector Institute · University of Oxford +2

  14. Literal Lock-In: How Test Language Shifts Literal Attraction in Typed Decision Models on Bengali Idioms

    Oct 15, 2026Adib Sakhawat, Syed Rifat RaiyanCognitive Bias in Language ModelsMultilingual Language Model Evaluation

    Systems and Software Lab (SSL) Department of Computer Science and Engineering Islamic University of Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  15. Are AI Decision Models Biased? A Case Study of Jev

    Oct 14, 2026Ilaria Imperatrice, Taisia Kameneva, Adam Eric Greenberg +1Cognitive Bias in Language ModelsLLM Decision-Making

    Bocconi University

  16. The Long Road to the Same Answer: Cognitive Bias Under Escalating Reasoning Budgets in Large Language Models

    Oct 7, 2026Obada KraishanCognitive Bias in Language ModelsLarge Reasoning Models

    College of Media and Communication Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX, USA

  17. AI Safety via Debate is Compromised by Cognitive Biases

    Oct 4, 2026Gefei Liu, Sonya Rashkovan, Sophia Lloyd George +2Cognitive Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Safety Evaluation

    Brown University

  18. Debias It Yourself: Teaching LLMs Cognitive Bias Mitigation Interventions

    Sep 30, 2026Chahat Raj, Sina Mansouri, Aylin Caliskan +2Cognitive Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Debiasing

    George Mason University · University of Washington

  19. Measuring Human-Like Bias in LLMs? A Critique of Human-Derived Bias Constructs in LLM Evaluation

    Sep 4, 2026Antonela Tommasel, Markus SchedlCognitive Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria · ISISTAN, CONICET-UNICEN, Argentina · Linz Institute of Technology, Linz, Austria

  20. OptimismBench: Forecasting Bias and the Alignment Effect in Language Model Judgment

    Jul 29, 2026Seonglae Cho, Adriano KoshiyamaLLM AlignmentLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    1Holistic AI · University College London

  21. Flipping Minds by Flipping Bits: Decision-Level Cognitive Hijacking of Large Language Models

    Jul 28, 2026Yu Yan, Jiahao Chen, Siqi Lu +6Cognitive Bias in Language ModelsLLM Alignment

    Henan Key Laboratory of Network Cryptography Technology, Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou, China · College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China · Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China +1

  22. Decomposing Yes-No Bias in LLM Moral Judgment: Stance, Position, Word, and Verdict

    Jul 6, 2026Haonan HuangMoral Reasoning in Language ModelsFraming Effects in Language Models

    Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA

  23. Analysis of the Neglect-Zero Effect in Large Language Models

    Jun 4, 2026Jin Tanaka, Daiki Matsuoka, Ryoma Kumon +1Logical ReasoningLLM Evaluation

    The University of Tokyo · RIKEN · Tohoku University

  24. Mitigating Prompt-Induced Cognitive Biases in General-Purpose AI for Software Engineering

    Apr 18, 2026Francesco Sovrano, Gabriele Dominici, Alberto BacchelliSoftware EngineeringCognitive Bias in Language Models

    Collegium Helveticum at ETH Zurich, Switzerland · University of Zurich, Switzerland · University of Italian-speaking Switzerland, Switzerland

  25. CogBias: Measuring and Mitigating Cognitive Bias in Large Language Models

    Apr 1, 2026Fan Huang, Songheng Zhang, Haewoon Kwak +1Cognitive Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    Indiana University Bloomington · Singapore Management University

  26. Assessing Cognitive Biases in LLMs for Judicial Decision Support: Virtuous Victim and Halo Effects

    Feb 21, 2026Sierra S. LiuCognitive Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    Millburn High School, New Jersey, USA

  27. The Imperfective Paradox in Large Language Models

    Jan 14, 2026Bolei Ma, Yusuke MiyaoFaithfulness of Language Model ReasoningLanguage Model Reasoning Evaluation

    LMU Munich & MCML · The University of Tokyo