Cognitive Dissonance: What We REALLY Believe
Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology
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The Cognitive Dissonance of Santa Claus
Cognitive dissonance is a contradiction between our beliefs and our actions. It's when we don't exercise what we express that we are. A region of the brain called the dorsal anterior singulate cortex lights up with activity during this conflict. This mental way of making lemonade, when life hands out, psychic lemons, you know, we might want to account for a very complicated mental attack but we have to be able to start or task,. But we have to study it.
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