Challenges to political beliefs might engage brain networks tied to self-reflection, new study suggests
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In a brain imaging study conducted in Poland, people with strong left-wing views barely changed their political beliefs after reading counterarguments, even as they lowered their confidence in factual claims. Their brains also responded differently to the two kinds of challenges.
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