Title :
Is cognitive dissonance compatible with human evolution?
Author :
Perlovsky, L.I. ; Masataka, N. ; Cabanac, M.
Author_Institution :
AFRL, Harvard Univ., Charlestown, MA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Neural Networks (IJCNN), The 2013 International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6128-6
DOI :
10.1109/IJCNN.2013.6706903
