Why do we seek out information that agrees with us — and ignore what doesn’t? In this episode of Circuit Breaker: Rewiring Your Decisions, we explore confirmation bias — the tendency to favour evidence that supports our existing beliefs while dismissing or downplaying anything that challenges them. Discover how to recognise when you’re searching for reassurance instead of truth — and how to challenge your own thinking before it locks you into the wrong conclusion.Studies and Links:On the failure to eliminate hypotheses in a conceptual task | Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology | Peter Wason wason-qjep1960.pdfCognitive Biases and Brain Biology Help Explain Why Facts Don't Change Minds | UConn TodayCognitive Biases and Brain Biology Help Explain Why Facts Don't Change Minds - UConn Today

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