Seminar · Cognition
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see
Yaara Yeshurun · Tel Aviv University
Wed, Aug 5, 2020 · 10:00 UTC
People frequently interpret the same information differently, based on their prior beliefs and views. This may occur in everyday settings, as when two friends are watching the same movie, but also in more consequential circumstances, such as when people interpret the same news differently based on their political views. The role of subjective knowledge in altering how the brain processes narratives has been explored mainly in controlled settings. I will present two projects that examines neural mechanisms underlying narrative interpretation “in the wild” -- how responses differ between two gro