# Brains React When Beliefs Are Challenged | Los Angeles News

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Podcast: [Los Angeles News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/los-angeles-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7458113)
Published: 2026-09-14T01:16:06+00:00
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New research reveals how our brains react to surprising or conflicting information—lighting up key regions as they work to either adjust, reject, or integrate new data. Far from simple stubbornness, this is a deep neurological process that protects our mental frameworks, explaining why belief change is so hard—even with solid evidence. The study uses brain imaging to map these pathways and now explores whether we can train ourselves to be more open-minded, with big implications for health, politics, and critical thinking in an age of overload. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Sources: https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/trump-ai-development-china-global-competition/3941517/ More coverage & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/bc783ae4054ae923 Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai. Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Los Angeles News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews

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