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201912.30 Neural evidence of the effect of critical-thinking training (paper publication) Posted in RESEARCH
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Does critical-thinking training of asserting in a different opinion really promotes open-minded thinking? We provided an evidence of this intervention effect by demonstrating increased activation of the right parietal frontal network, which has been implicated in open-minded thinking, when taking another’s perspective. The collaborative work with Prof. Naoki Miura (Tohoku Institute of Technology) has been published in Social Neuroscience. (Sugiura)