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Information overload. Information overload (also known as infobesity, [ 1][ 2] infoxication, [ 3] or information anxiety, [ 4]) is the difficulty in understanding an issue and effectively making decisions when one has too much information (TMI) about that issue, [ 5] and is generally associated with the excessive quantity of daily information.
Despite what the expression may seem to imply, a lack of evidence can be informative. For example, when testing a new drug, if no harmful effects are observed then this suggests that the drug is safe. [3] This is because, if the drug were harmful, evidence of that fact can be expected to turn up during testing.
Anosognosia is a condition in which a person with a disability is cognitively unaware of having it due to an underlying physical condition. Anosognosia results from physiological damage to brain structures, typically to the parietal lobe or a diffuse lesion on the fronto-temporal-parietal area in the right hemisphere, [1] [2] [3] and is thus a neuropsychiatric disorder.
Argument from ignorance (from Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam ), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence"), is a fallacy in informal logic. The fallacy is committed when one asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has ...
Misinformation is incorrect or misleading information. [ 1][ 2] Misinformation can exist without specific malicious intent; disinformation is distinct in that it is deliberately deceptive and propagated. [ 3][ 4][ 5] Misinformation can include inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or false information as well as selective or half-truths. [ 6][ 7 ...
t. e. Remorse is a distressing emotion experienced by an individual who regrets actions which they have done in the past [ 1] that they deem to be shameful, hurtful, or wrong. Remorse is closely allied to guilt and self-directed resentment. When a person regrets an earlier action or failure to act, it may be because of remorse or in response to ...
Aboulomania (from Greek a– 'without' and boulē 'will') [ 1] is a mental disorder in which the patient displays pathological indecisiveness. [ 2][ 3] The term was created in 1883 by the neurologist William Alexander Hammond, who defined it as: ‘a form of insanity characterised by an inertness, torpor, or paralysis of the will’. [ 4][ 5 ...
Information asymmetry. Diagram illustrating the balance of power with perfect information by buyers and sellers. In contract theory, mechanism design, and economics, an information asymmetry is a situation where one party has more or better information than the other. Information asymmetry creates an imbalance of power in transactions, which ...