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Neural correlates of maintaining one’s political beliefs in the face of counterevidence

People often discount evidence that contradicts their firmly held beliefs. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms that govern this behavior. We used neuroimaging to investigate the neural systems involved in maintaining belief in the face of counterevidence, presenting 40 liberals with...

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Autores principales: Kaplan, Jonas T., Gimbel, Sarah I., Harris, Sam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5180221/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28008965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39589