Multiple studies demonstrate that human cognition and decision-making are heavily influenced by the discomfort of cognitive inconsistency, robustly supporting the presence of a fundamental preference for internal cognitive consistency.
The retrieved papers consistently support the well-established psychological principle of cognitive consistency (and its disruption via cognitive dissonance). Studies 1, 2, 3, and 5 all investigate or apply the principles of cognitive dissonance, showing that human agents experience psychological discomfort when faced with inconsistencies and actively seek to restore consonance. Therefore, the claim is well-supported by the literature.