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| Title |
Why Do Some Find it Hard to Disagree? An fMRI Study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00718 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Juan F. Domínguez D, Sreyneth A. Taing, Pascal Molenberghs |
| Abstract |
People often find it hard to disagree with others, but how this disposition varies across individuals or how it is influenced by social factors like other people's level of expertise remains little understood. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we found that activity across a network of brain areas [comprising posterior medial frontal cortex (pMFC), anterior insula (AI), inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), lateral orbitofrontal cortex, and angular gyrus] was modulated by individual differences in the frequency with which participants actively disagreed with statements made by others. Specifically, participants who disagreed less frequently exhibited greater brain activation in these areas when they actually disagreed. Given the role of this network in cognitive dissonance, our results suggest that some participants had more trouble disagreeing due to a heightened cognitive dissonance response. Contrary to expectation, the level of expertise (high or low) had no effect on behavior or brain activity. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 19% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 13% |
| Malta | 1 | 6% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 31% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 75% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 67 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 13% |
| Unknown | 13 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 18 | 26% |
| Neuroscience | 17 | 24% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 150. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 December 2023.
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