wishful seeing

People tend to believe that their perceptions are truthful representations of the world. A @NatureHumBehav study suggests people not only report observing what they wish was true, but they are also more likely to see what they wish was true.

- Neurocomputational mechanisms underlying motivated seeing

People tend to think of their perception as a veridical representation of the external world, but this view has long been challenged by psychological research. Instead, people often report percepts that they are motivated to perceive, a phenomenon we term motivated perception.

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