Does “putting on your thinking cap” reduce myside bias in evaluation of scientific evidence?
Thinking and Reasoning 25 (4):477-505 (2019)
Abstract
The desire to maintain current beliefs can lead individuals to evaluate contrary evidence more critically than consistent evidence. We test whether priming individuals’ scientific reasoning...My notes
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