Bennett, Mark W. <br/><br/>
Confronting cognitive "anchoring effect" and "blind spot" biases in federal sentencing:  a modest solution for reforming a fundamental flaw/ 
by Mark W. Bennett. 
 - Illinois:  Northwestern University Press,  c2014. 
 - pages 489-534: 
 - The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. .
 -  Vol. 104, No.3  00914169 .
<br/><br/> Cognitive "anchoring effect" bias, especially related to numbers, like sentencing guidelines ranges, is widely recognized in cognitive psychology as an extremely robust and powerful heuristic. It is a cognitive shortcut that has a strong tendency to undermine judgments by "anchoring" a judgment to an earlier disclosed number, the anchor. 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>00914169 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal law
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>BPer.364.05  / J82