Small, subtle, instinctive biases in our heads affect our everyday decisions. Many of them are useful: do not go into the forest alone at night. Some of them may be less useful. The fact is, human psychology is with us wherever we go: especially when it’s fantasy draft season.
On today’s episode, Matt Harmon welcomes brain and cognitive science professor Dr. Renee Miller to the podcast to discuss how psychology affects our draft decisions, how to be aware of when our brains are lying to us, and how to recognize when they are telling the truth.
Common off-season situations that all fantasy managers experience have a correlated cognitive bias that can be explained, and if you know how to take advantage of your awareness, it can give you an edge over your league mates. Matt and Renee discuss how your brain gets excited by the preseason hype, overvalues the first few weeks of the regular season, and doesn’t take into account rookie variability.
Listen to the show – we promise you’ll learn something about yourself that will help you make better decisions this draft season.
(14:30) – What is cognitive bias and how does it relate to fantasy football?
(12:45) – What are some strategies to combat your biases in recruiting season and beyond?
(35:00) – Specific player/team situations where you can fall into bias traps
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