Matt Mccrudden - Evaluation of Belief-Relevant Information
Channel: NZ Skeptics
Date: 29/01/2014

Why do individuals react differently to the same information? To some extent, our knowledge and beliefs affect our reactions as we aim to preserve, and at times modify, them. It is inevitable, and often justifiable, that our beliefs affect our reactions. Although beliefs can bias reasoning, this is not inevitable. Dr. McCrudden will discuss research that investigates differences in reasoning when individuals encounter belief-compatible and belief-incompatible information.