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Blondes are always stupid.  Men aren't as empathetic as women.  Women are worse drivers than men. Strong convictions .  But are they always correct?  Strong convictions can blind us to information that challenges them, according to a new study reported by newswise.com. When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it, finds a University College London brain (UCL)imaging study. The study, published in  Nature Communications , helps to explain the neural processes that contribute to the confirmation bias entrenched in most people's thought processes, the website notes. It's called bias, and "Our study found that our brains become blind to contrary evidence when we are highly confident, which might explain why we don't change our minds in light of new information," newswise quotes lead author, PhD candidate Max Rollwage (Wellcome Centre for Human Ne...

One of the best things about me is that I'm pretty much always prepared . Now a new study is saying that might not be such a good thing. According to newswise.com, if you are, " you may bring that sense of confidence into other parts of your life for which you might not be nearly so prepared." In three studies, the website reports, researchers found that feelings of preparedness in one area made people more confident in their beliefs about something completely different – whether those thoughts were positive or negative.  The findings suggest that people may sometimes feel confident about a belief or decision for totally unrelated reasons, newswise quotes  Patrick Carroll , lead author of the study and associate professor of  psychology at The Ohio State University  at Lima. "For example, you may have been leaning slightly toward support of one candidate in a local election when you started preparing for a job interview. Once you’re prepared for the inter...