The Believing Brain: What are Beliefs?

Now that Sylvia has taught us about BIAS, let's explore this topic a bit further...

“Man is what he believes”
Anton Chekhov

What are beliefs? How are they created?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/jun/30/psychology.neuroscience
What is the biochemistry of a belief?
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2802367/#:~:text=The%20sources%20of%20beliefs%20include,Beliefs%20are%20a%20choice.

Is bias a type of belief?

When are beliefs created?
[https://www.federicoferrarese.co.uk/2024/04/19/how-early-life-experiences-shape-our-core-beliefs/#:~:text=It's%20a%20time%20when%20cause,may%20harbour%20beliefs%20of%20inadequacy.]

Are delusions false beliefs? Can you think of other false belief types?Are delusional brains different from other brains?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/your-brain-on-food/202307/the-brains-of-delusional-people-function-quite-differently#:~:text=Delusions%20are%20false%20beliefs%20that,variations%20in%20inherited%20brain%20circuitry.

IF our emotions inform our reality, then are emotions in fact the same as beliefs?
https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/work-culture/the-mind-at-work--lisa-feldman-barrett-on-the-metabolism-of-emot

Can beliefs be changed?
https://www.prosocial.world/posts/changing-a-belief-means-changing-how-you-feel-the-role-of-emotions-in-cognitive-immunology

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