Belief Bias Effect in Older Adults: Roles of Working Memory and Need for Cognition

Belief bias is the tendency in syllogistic reasoning to rely on prior beliefs rather than to fully obey logical principles. Few studies have investigated the age effect on belief bias. Although several studies have recently begun to explore this topic, little is known about the psychological mechani...

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Main Authors: Daoqun Ding, Yang Chen, Ji Lai, Xiyou Chen, Meng Han, Xiangyi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02940/full