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Asymmetry in belief revision

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Yang, BW; Stone, AR; Marsh, EJ
Published in: Applied Cognitive Psychology
January 1, 2022

Information can change: science advances, newspapers retract claims, and reccomendations shift. Successfully navigating the world requires updating and changing beliefs, a process that is sensitive to a person's motivation to change their beliefs as well as the credibility of the source providing the new information. Here, we report three studies that consistently identify an additional factor influencing belief revision. Specifically, we document an asymmetry in belief revision: people are better able to believe in a claim once thought to be false, as opposed to unbelieving something once believed to be true. We discuss how this finding integrates and extends prior research on social and cognitive contributions to belief revisions. This work has implications for understanding the widespread prevalence and persistence of false beliefs in contemporary societies.

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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1099-0720

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0888-4080

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing
 

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Yang, B. W., Stone, A. R., & Marsh, E. J. (2022). Asymmetry in belief revision. Applied Cognitive Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3991
Yang, B. W., A. R. Stone, and E. J. Marsh. “Asymmetry in belief revision.” Applied Cognitive Psychology, January 1, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3991.
Yang BW, Stone AR, Marsh EJ. Asymmetry in belief revision. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2022 Jan 1;
Yang, B. W., et al. “Asymmetry in belief revision.” Applied Cognitive Psychology, Jan. 2022. Scopus, doi:10.1002/acp.3991.
Yang BW, Stone AR, Marsh EJ. Asymmetry in belief revision. Applied Cognitive Psychology. 2022 Jan 1;
Journal cover image

Published In

Applied Cognitive Psychology

DOI

EISSN

1099-0720

ISSN

0888-4080

Publication Date

January 1, 2022

Related Subject Headings

  • Experimental Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1505 Marketing