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Confidence drives a neural confirmation bias

Psychology

Confidence drives a neural confirmation bias

M. Rollwage, A. Loosen, et al.

Explore how confirmation bias can entrench beliefs, particularly when confidence runs high. In this study by Max Rollwage, Alisa Loosen, Tobias U. Hauser, Rani Moran, Raymond J. Dolan, and Stephen M. Fleming, the interplay between confidence and neural processing reveals that high confidence amplifies the brain's integration of confirmatory evidence while suppressing disconfirmatory cues. Could metacognitive interventions be the key to overcoming these biases?... show more
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