Investigating the ‘Belief Bias’ Effect in Human Reasoning

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As a main interest in this field is finding reasons in one’s actions, it makes sense to investigate the fundamentals which influence human reasoning, and thus there thoughts, feelings and actions. This study will investigate the effect of ‘belief bias’ in human reasoning, how much our pre-existing beliefs interfere with the way one comes to a decision, examining the conflict that arises between logic and reasoning in human inference...
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As a main interest in this field is finding reasons in one’s actions, it makes sense to investigate the fundamentals which influence human reasoning, and thus there thoughts, feelings and actions. This study will investigate the effect of ‘belief bias’ in human reasoning, how much our pre-existing beliefs interfere with the way one comes to a decision, examining the conflict that arises between logic and reasoning in human inference...
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