Confidence drives a neural confirmation bias [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 People often ignore evidence that disconfirms their prior beliefs. Here, the authors investigate the underlying cognitive, computational and neuronal mechanisms of such confirmation bias, and show that high confidence induces a selective neural ...
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Opinion dynamics with confirmation bias. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Confirmation bias is the tendency to acquire or evaluate new information in a way that is consistent with one's preexisting beliefs. It is omnipresent in psychology, economics, and even scientific practices.
Armen E Allahverdyan, Aram Galstyan
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Confirmation Bias in the Course of Instructed Reinforcement Learning in Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders [PDF]
Brain Sciences, 2022 A large body of research attributes learning deficits in schizophrenia (SZ) to the systems involved in value representation (prefrontal cortex, PFC) and reinforcement learning (basal ganglia, BG) as well as to the compromised connectivity of these ...
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Characterizing the Influence of Confirmation Bias on Web Search Behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 In this study, we analyzed the relationship between confirmation bias, which causes people to preferentially view information that supports their opinions and beliefs, and web search behavior.
Masaki Suzuki, Yusuke Yamamoto
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A common factor underlying individual differences in confirmation bias [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWhen they are asked to test a given hypothesis, individuals tend to be biased towards confirming evidence. This phenomenon has been documented on different cognitive components: information search, weighing of evidence, and memory recall.
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Debiasing training reduces confirmation bias in national risk analysts [PDF]
Scientific ReportsState risk forecasts are crucial for allocating resources to address international and domestic threats such as war, pandemics, and climate change. These risk forecasts largely rely on human judgment, which is often susceptible to cognitive biases.
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The impact of confirmation bias awareness on mitigating susceptibility to misinformation [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionIn the current digital age, the proliferation of misinformation presents a formidable challenge to a democratic society. False narratives surrounding vaccination efforts pose a significant public health risk.
Michal Piksa +6 more
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Fighting diagnostic confirmation bias: Cystic fibrosis, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillus, or both? [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 As diagnostic algorithms for cystic fibrosis (CF) continue to evolve, education of general practitioners is essential to prevent delayed diagnosis of CF and allow prompt referral to CF centers.
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Confirmation bias in studies of nestmate recognition: a cautionary note for research into the behaviour of animals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Confirmation bias is a tendency of people to interpret information in a way that confirms their expectations. A long recognized phenomenon in human psychology, confirmation bias can distort the results of a study and thus reduce its reliability.
Ellen van Wilgenburg, Mark A Elgar
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Can personalized medicine mitigate confirmation bias in mental health? [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2021 Giampaolo Perna, Charles B. Nemeroff
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