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How the brain responds when our beliefs are challenged

How the brain responds when our beliefs are challenged

By on June 7, 2017 in Blog with 0 Comments

This chart shows how likely people are to change their beliefs, with 0 being the least. Source: ‘Neural correlates of maintaining one’s political beliefs in the face of counterevidence’ (USC/Nature) A recent study suggests that people do indeed hold onto political views more stubbornly than other beliefs, even when presented with information to the contrary. […]

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