Approach-induced biases in human information sampling

Information sampling is often biased towards seeking evidence that confirms one’s prior beliefs. Despite such biases being a pervasive feature of human behavior, their underlying causes remain unclear. Many accounts of these biases appeal to limitations of human hypothesis testing and cognition, de...

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Main Authors: Hunt, LT, Rutledge, RB, Malalasekera, WMN, Kennerley, SW, Dolan, RJ
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016