Investing effort in reporting a decision changes how confident we are in it

DLab paper by Will Turner in Cognition shows that it matters how forcefully we report a decision for how much we get attached to it

Pressing a button a little bit harder should not matter for whether you believe in your decision, right? Probably wrong! This paper demonstrates that there is a 'sunk cost' to reporting a decision, and that there is direct impact on our confidence in the outcome. If you are interested in learning more, please go to the Publications site and read the original article.