Confidence drives a neural confirmation bias

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 processing of choice-consistent information.

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Autores principales: Max Rollwage, Alisa Loosen, Tobias U. Hauser, Rani Moran, Raymond J. Dolan, Stephen M. Fleming
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:245dea1236e54e8cbabf39a973ea0d582021-12-02T15:49:52ZConfidence drives a neural confirmation bias10.1038/s41467-020-16278-62041-1723https://doaj.org/article/245dea1236e54e8cbabf39a973ea0d582020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16278-6https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723People 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 processing of choice-consistent information.Max RollwageAlisa LoosenTobias U. HauserRani MoranRaymond J. DolanStephen M. FlemingNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2020)
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Tobias U. Hauser
Rani Moran
Raymond J. Dolan
Stephen M. Fleming
Confidence drives a neural confirmation bias
description 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 processing of choice-consistent information.
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author Max Rollwage
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Tobias U. Hauser
Rani Moran
Raymond J. Dolan
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