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    "pk": 26991,
    "title": "A Two-Step Signal Detection Model of Belief Bias",
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    "abstract": "When asked to assess the deductive validity of an argument,\npeople are influenced by their prior knowledge of the content.\nRecently, two competing explanations for this belief bias\neffect have been proposed, each based on signal detection\ntheory. Under a response bias explanation, people set more\nlenient decision criteria for believable than for unbelievable\narguments. Alternatively, believable and unbelievable\narguments may differ in subjective argument strength for both\nvalid and invalid items. Two experiments tested these\naccounts by asking participants to assess the validity of\ncategorical syllogisms and rate their confidence. Conclusion-\nbelievability was manipulated either within- or between-\ngroups. A two-step signal detection model was applied to\nexamine the effects on the relative location of the decision\nthreshold and the distributions of argument strength.\nEquivalent belief bias effects were found when believability\nwas manipulated within- and between-groups, supporting the\nview that the belief bias effect is due to response bias.",
    "language": "eng",
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        "text": null,
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "belief bias; deductive reasoning; signal detection\ntheory; response bias"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Talks: Papers",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5189w557",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Rachel",
            "middle_name": "G.",
            "last_name": "Stephens",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of New South Wales",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name": "C.",
            "last_name": "Dunn",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Western Australia",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Brett",
            "middle_name": "K.",
            "last_name": "Hayes",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of New South Wales",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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