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Behav Brain Sci
; 43: e36, 2020 04 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32292150
ABSTRACT
Although rationalization about one's own beliefs and actions can improve an individual's future decisions, beliefs can provide other benefits unrelated to their epistemic truth value, such as group cohesion and identity. A model of resource-rational cognition that accounts for these benefits may explain unexpected and seemingly irrational thought patterns, such as belief polarization.