?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Signatures+of+the+neurocognitive+basis+of+culture+wars+found+in+moral+psychology+data%0D%0A&rft.creator=Caticha%2C+Prof+Nestor&rft.creator=Vicente%2C+Dr+Renato&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.description=Moral+Foundation+Theory+(MFT)+states+that+groups+of+different+observers+may+rely+on+partially+dissimilar+sets+of+moral+foundations%2C+thereby+reaching+different+moral+valuations+on+a+subset+of+issues.+With+the+introduction+of+functional+imaging+techniques%2C+a+wealth+of+new+data+on+neurocognitive+processes+has+rapidly+mounted+and+it+has%0D%0Abecome+increasingly+more+evident+that+this+type+of+data+should+provide+an+adequate+basis+for+modeling+social+systems.+In+particular%2C+it+has+been+shown+that+there+is+a+spectrum+of+cognitive+styles+with+respect+to+the+differential+handling+of+novel+or+corroborating+information.%0D%0AFurthermore+this+spectrum+is+correlated+to+political+affiliation.+Here+we+use+methods+of+statistical+mechanics+to+characterize+the+collective+behavior+of+an+agent-based+model+society+whose+interindividual+interactions+due+to+information+exchange+in+the+form+of+opinions%2C+are+in+qualitative+agreement+with+neurocognitive+and+psychological+data.+The+main+conclusion+derived+from+the+model+is%0D%0Athat+the+existence+of+diversity+in+the+cognitive+strategies+yields+different+statistics+for+the+sets+of+moral+foundations+and+that+these+arise+from+the+cognitive+interactions+of+the+agents.+Thus+a+simple+interacting+agent+model%2C+whose+interactions+are+in+accord+with+empirical+data+about+moral+dynamics%2C+presents+statistical+signatures%0D%0Aconsistent+with+those+that+characterize+opinions+of+conservatives+and+liberals.+The+higher+the+difference+in+the+treatment+of+novel+and+corroborating+information+the+more+agents+correlate+to+liberals.%0D%0A&rft.date=2010-03-11&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7039%2F1%2FCaVi_letter20100311.pdf&rft.identifier=++Caticha%2C+Prof+Nestor+and+Vicente%2C+Dr+Renato++(2010)+Signatures+of+the+neurocognitive+basis+of+culture+wars+found+in+moral+psychology+data.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7039%2F