Learning Favoritism.

LEARNING ability testing; LEARNING

A study published in Communications Psychology reveals that cognitive biases can significantly impact our learning and memory processes. The study found that people are more likely to expand their knowledge based on information provided by individuals they like, which can lead to the development of strongly polarized views. Participants in the study performed better at linking memories of past events to make new inferences when the information was initially presented by someone they liked. This bias in learning could contribute to the narrowing of viewpoints and the intensification of extreme opinions. Further research is needed to explore the implications of these findings in real-world events. [Extracted from the article]

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