How consensus-building conversation changes our minds and aligns our brains

Published: Jul 12, 2020
Abstract
How do people come to share a way of seeing the world? We show that consensus-building conversation can align future brain activity. We scanned participants' brains as they watched previously unseen movie clips with ambiguous narrative content. Participants then gathered in conversation groups with the goal of coming to a consensus about each movie clip’s narrative. Finally, participants were scanned while viewing the clips again, along with...
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How consensus-building conversation changes our minds and aligns our brains
Published Date
Jul 12, 2020
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