Attentional bias

Attentional bias can be defined as our tendency to focus on certain elements while ignoring others.

It can be understood as failure to look for evidence against an initial possibility, or as failure to consider alternative possibilities.

Our attention can be biased by external events as well as internal thoughts and emotions. For instance, being hungry may make you pay more attention to food, and holding certain beliefs will skew your thinking towards decisions that are aligned with these beliefs.