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Omission Bias

Omission Bias is a cognitive bias characterized by the tendency to judge harmful outcomes resulting from inaction as less objectionable than equivalent harmful outcomes resulting from action, due to a preferential aversion to interventions that actively alter the status quo.

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2017–2026

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107

Omission and commission in judgment and choice

Mark Spranca, Elisa Minsk, Jonathan Baron · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 1991 · 1K citations · Full text

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Reluctance to vaccinate: Omission bias and ambiguity

Ilana Ritov, Jonathan Baron · Journal of Behavioral Decision Making · 1990 · 857 citations

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On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.

Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2008 · 842 citations

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Status-quo and omission biases

Ilana Ritov, Jonathan Baron · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 1992 · 622 citations

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Omission bias, individual differences, and normality

Jonathan Baron, Ilana Ritov · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes · 2004 · 393 citations

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Authors

208

  1. JB
    Jonathan Baron

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    11 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. IR
    Ilana Ritov

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    11 publications · 3.2K citations

    10

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  3. NM
    Nicholas M. Odhiambo

    University of South Africa, South Africa

    5 publications · 153 citations

    5

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  4. BN
    Bernard Njindan Iyke

    Deakin University, Australia

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  5. MS
    Mark Spranca

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

    3

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Institutions

128

  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    3.2K citations

  2. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    8 h-index

    20 publications

    8.1K citations

  3. University of South Africa

    Pretoria, South Africa

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    349 citations

  4. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    3K citations

  5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    821 citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    259 citations

  7. Philadelphia University

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    273 citations

  8. Universidade de São Paulo

    São Paulo, Brazil

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    108 citations

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  2. Medical Decision Making

    MDM · 5 publications · 421 citations

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  3. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

    5 publications · 1.7K citations

    5

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 109 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    4 publications · 1.2K citations

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