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our brains are very susceptible to what is known as confirmation bias, he says, which is the tendency to search for and believe information that agrees with what you already accept — and to walk away from information that shows you might be wrong. people who thought we shouldnt wear masks continued to seek out information that said masks were no good or even harmful. they ignored information that showed masks could help. such behavior has its basis in the brain. when we are confident about something, our brains are sensitive to someone else’s idea only when it agrees with ideas we already hold, a new study shows. a second study finds that the more confident you are in yourself, the more your brain focuses on information that agrees with your views — and sweeps opposing ideas out the door. these new studies help to show why it’s so hard to change our minds. but if we understand this risk, we also stand a better chance of overcoming it. i have confidence in me basab mondal has always been interested in how other people affect someone’s. which sentence from the article would be most important to include in a summary of the article? a a second study finds that the more confident you are in yourself, the more your brain focuses on information that agrees with your views — and sweeps opposing ideas out the door. b people tended to increase their weighting when items just there agreed with them (to a lot more than they reduced them for when a partner disagreed). c but when a person was less confident, the test only connected 66% to the second set of data, only 2-3% connected to strong opinions.

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A. A second study finds that the more confident you are in yourself, the more your brain focuses on information that agrees with your views — and sweeps opposing ideas out the door.