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Drew Westen Quotes

«The result is that partisan beliefs are calcified, and the person can learn very little from new data.»
Author: Drew Westen
«It appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then get massively reinforced for it.»
Author: Drew Westen
«None of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged. Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then they get massively reinforced for it, with the elimination of negative emotional states and activation of positive ones.»
Author: Drew Westen
«Everyone from executives and judges to scientists and politicians may reason to emotionally biased judgments when they have a vested interest in how to interpret 'the facts'.»
Author: Drew Westen
«We did not see any increased activation of the parts of the brain normally engaged during reasoning. What we saw instead was a network of emotion circuits lighting up, including circuits hypothesized to be involved in regulating emotion, and circuits known to be involved in resolving conflicts.»
Author: Drew Westen
«We did not see any increased activation of the parts of the brain normally engaged during reasoning. What we saw instead was a network of emotion circuits lighting up.»
Author: Drew Westen
«We did not see any increased activation of the parts of the brain normally engaged during reasoning.»
Author: Drew Westen
«We are re-discovering an old clinical idea. We think that the ways people fall ill psychologically are dependent on personality.»
Author: Drew Westen