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Confirmation bias is an experimentally demonstrated tendency to favor information that supports existing beliefs.

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Is it true that confirmation bias is an experimentally demonstrated tendency to favor information that supports existing beliefs?

Yes. A reference definition states confirmation bias is the tendency to favor information confirming one's prior beliefs, and several peer-reviewed sources describe the same tendency, with one noting it has been experimentally demonstrated. The experimental items demonstrate it only in specific paradigms such as reward learning or anger conditions.

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Confirmation bias
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Confirmation bias. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

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Confirmation bias in digital communication: The tendency of consumers to favor information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs
2023
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Baltezarević, R., Baltezarević, I., & Ravić, N. (2023). Confirmation bias in digital communication: The tendency of consumers to favor information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5937/megrev2302026b

The impact of confirmation bias awareness on mitigating susceptibility to misinformation -
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The impact of confirmation bias awareness on mitigating susceptibility to misinformation - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1414864

Interactive Interventions to Mitigate Cognitive Bias
2022
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Alisa, R. (2022). Interactive Interventions to Mitigate Cognitive Bias. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.1145/3503252.3534362

Mad Enough to See the Other Side: Anger and the Confirmation Bias
2009
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Mad Enough to See the Other Side: Anger and the Confirmation Bias. (2009). ssrn.com. https://ssrn.com/abstract=1488605

Confirmation bias optimizes reward learning
2021
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Tor, T., Tomas, F., & Annika, B. (2021). Confirmation bias optimizes reward learning. authors.library.caltech.edu. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.27.433214

Transforming Confirmation Bias to Generate Critical Consciousness in News/Information Literacy and Social Science Courses
2020
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H., W. J. (2020). Transforming Confirmation Bias to Generate Critical Consciousness in News/Information Literacy and Social Science Courses. eric.ed.gov. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1276567

Good questions
2021
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Good questions. (2021). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691205717.003.0005

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