From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9553 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Friday, August 19 2022 Volume 14 : Number 9553 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Doctors raving about this mysterious liquid ["Mysterious Liquid" Subject: Doctors raving about this mysterious liquid Doctors raving about this mysterious liquid http://revshfsurvey.sa.com/u7Nrgi5pzesnVsveBOkGMFaZZZi3wR0g4-bB_iBmPilgCP6hWg http://revshfsurvey.sa.com/oWlZ7j4lO8ATdRjAH6HEcS-_zZd7oFnDIYrSGAyIdP0BoAwn participants, whether supporters or opponents, reported shifting their attitudes slightly in the direction of the first study they read. Once they read the more detailed descriptions of the two studies, they almost all returned to their original belief regardless of the evidence provided, pointing to details that supported their viewpoint and disregarding anything contrary. Participants described studies supporting their pre-existing view as superior to those that contradicted it, in detailed and specific ways. Writing about a study that seemed to undermine the deterrence effect, a death penalty proponent wrote, "The research didn't cover a long enough period of time," while an opponent's comment on the same study said, "No strong evidence to contradict the researchers has been presented." The results illustrated that people set higher standards of evidence for hypotheses that go against their current expectations. This effect, known as "disconfirmation bias", has been supported by other experiments. Another study of biased interpretation occurred during the 2004 U.S. presidential election and involved participants who reported having strong feelings about the candidates. They were shown apparently contradictory pairs of statements, either from Republican candidate George W. Bush, Democratic candidate John Kerry or a politically neutral public figure. They were also given further statements that made the apparent contradiction seem reasonable. From these three pieces of information, they had to decide whether each individual's statements were inconsistent.:?1948? There were strong differences in these evaluations, with participants much more likely to interpret statements from the candidate they opposed as contradictory.:?1951? A large round machine with a hole in the middle, with a platter for a person to lie on so that their head can fit into the hole An MRI scanner allowed researchers to examine how the human brain deals with dissonant information. In this experiment, the participants made their judgments while in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner which monitored their brain activity. As participants evaluated contradictory statements by their favored candidate, emotional centers of their brains were aroused. This did not happen with the sta ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #9553 **********************************************