Popular Post Audiophile Neuroscience Posted December 10, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted December 10, 2023 On 9/11/2022 at 10:36 AM, kennyb123 said: I had been catching up on this interesting thread but then this comment caused me to take a detour. I’ve lately been taking a greater interest in psychology as I’ve been curious about what makes people tick. I have heard it repeatedly often on audio forums that we all suffer from expectation bias - and it is this bias that leads many to imaging things that aren’t there. I’ve not spent long researching this but I’ve yet to find anything that confirms that. Expectation bias comes up most often as “researcher bias” and it pertains more to conducting research in a way that achieves an outcome that meets the researcher’s expectations. That’s different than the charge leveled at those who report having heard certain qualities from a component. It could be argued that it’s researcher bias that leads some to discount observations from listeners that don’t conform to their expectations. I will keep digging into this. Sorry about going off topic here. Thanks @GoldenOnefor such an interesting thread. I have had decades of professional involvement and interest dealing with issues of expectation bias and related phenomena like confirmation bias, research bias, observational bias/ hawthorne effect, placebo, various cognitive biases etc. This experience has been augmented by what I have seen on audio fora for over a decade. I am no expert. I am satisfied however that the answer to your question will not come easily on an Audio forum. The irony, not lost on some, is that people will look to confirm their biased expectations when answering the question of the role of expectation bias in this hobby of ours. kennyb123, botrytis, STC and 1 other 1 3 Sound Minds Mind Sound Link to comment
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