DocumentCode
671563
Title
Is cognitive dissonance compatible with human evolution?
Author
Perlovsky, L.I. ; Masataka, N. ; Cabanac, M.
Author_Institution
AFRL, Harvard Univ., Charlestown, MA, USA
fYear
2013
fDate
4-9 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Cognitive dissonance, CD, leads to discarding of contradictory knowledge. The presentation discusses that all knowledge is contradictory and according to CD theory should have been discarded in evolution before its usefulness would have been established. Therefore a powerful ability should have emerged along with language and diverse knowledge to overcome this aspect of CD. We present experimental evidence that music has this ability. Then we discuss why music might have this ability.
Keywords
cognition; CD theory; cognitive dissonance; contradictory knowledge; human evolution; Animals; Cognition; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Multiple signal classification; Presses; Psychology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Neural Networks (IJCNN), The 2013 International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location
Dallas, TX
ISSN
2161-4393
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-6128-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IJCNN.2013.6706903
Filename
6706903
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