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  1. newyorker.com

    Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds. ... The Gormans don't just want to catalogue the ways we go wrong; they want to correct for them. There must be some way, they maintain, to convince people ...
    • Elizabeth Kolbert

      Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999. Previously, she worked at the Times, where she wrote the Metro Matters column and served as the paper's Albany bureau chief.

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  3. discovermagazine.com

    Jul 10, 2023Our brains have a remarkable ability to retain information, albeit with some quirks. Rather than replacing incorrect information, our minds tend to create new memories alongside existing ones, says Lisa Fazio, a psychology professor at Vanderbilt University.. Consequently, when we try to recall a corrected piece of information, we may end up with competing ideas - one based on the original ...
  4. sciencedirect.com

    Feb 1, 2023How can conservation science effectively influence policy and practice? This article discusses four myths and four insights from cognitive science, behavioral science, and social network analysis to improve science communication and impact.
  5. today.uconn.edu

    This article from UConn Today explains how people form opinions based on emotions, not facts, and how cognitive biases and brain mechanisms make it hard to change minds. It also offers some tips to overcome these challenges and keep an open mind.
  6. theconversation.com

    Learn how your brain and mind can resist changing your opinions and beliefs, even in the face of new evidence. Discover the research and tips on how to overcome cognitive biases and brain biology that get in the way of rational thinking.
  7. Feb 20, 2024Learn how your brain and mind are wired to resist changing your opinions and beliefs, even in the face of new evidence. Discover how to overcome these barriers and become more open to new perspectives.
  8. Cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber argue that confirmation bias is an adaptive trait related to our hypersociability. The New Yorker's Elizabeth Kolbert reviews their book and explains how we are blind to our own biases.
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