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The chronometrics of confirmation bias: Evidence for the inhibition of intuitive judgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2011
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Mercier & Sperber (M&S) claim that the phenomenon of belief bias – which they consider to be an archetypal manifestation of a general confirmation bias in human reasoning – provides fundamental support for their argumentative theory and its basis in intuitive judgement. We propose that chronometric evidence necessitates a more nuanced account of belief bias that is not readily captured by argumentative theory.
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