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Which cognitive bias is characterized by the tendency to overweight recent information and underweight past information?
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Availability heuristic
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The availability heuristic is a cognitive bias that leads people to overweight recent information and underweight past information. This is because recent information is more easily recalled and comes to mind more readily than past information.