If you have been emotionally invested (focusing on anxiety if you suffer with it, dementia etc) do you find it

Question: If you have been emotionally invested (focusing on anxiety if you suffer with it, dementia etc) do you find it difficult to be objective/ is there any bias?
- Keywords:
  bias,
  difficult,
  emotion
Asked by buss1dorr on 18 Jul 2024.
- Emma Weir answered on 18 Jul 2024:
  
  Yes, this can be a big factor in the research people do. One of my parents died of cancer when I was younger, and because of this I actually stay away from cancer research because I wouldn’t like to think about it all day. But for a lot of people it can motivate them to work extra hard for the patients.
  
  Anxiety affects a lot of us, including myself and a lot of scientists I know, and I think it’s the same, rather than making you biased you just want the work to be accurate and as good as possible!