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Kamoen N, Holleman B, Mak P, Sanders T, van den Bergh H. Agree or Disagree? Cognitive Processes in Answering Contrastive Survey Questions. DISCOURSE PROCESSES 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/0163853x.2011.578910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Abstract
How does the brain respond to statements that clash with a person's value system? We recorded event-related brain potentials while respondents from contrasting political-ethical backgrounds completed an attitude survey on drugs, medical ethics, social conduct, and other issues. Our results show that value-based disagreement is unlocked by language extremely rapidly, within 200 to 250 ms after the first word that indicates a clash with the reader's value system (e.g., “I think euthanasia is an acceptable/unacceptable…”). Furthermore, strong disagreement rapidly influences the ongoing analysis of meaning, which indicates that even very early processes in language comprehension are sensitive to a person's value system. Our results testify to rapid reciprocal links between neural systems for language and for valuation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jos J.A. Van Berkum
- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
- Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
- Department of Psychology, Tufts University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam
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