Cognitive dissonance helps explain why people often turn away from problems they feel powerless to change: denial takes hold.

I’ve been academically intrigued in recent months to see so many political references to “cognitive dissonance.” As a social psychologist who has taught and conducted dissonance research for over 20 ...

The House of Representatives Building and the East Portico of the US Capitol. Photo: Flickr. In the current political environment, ...

President Donald Trump lied himself into cognitive decline, a New York Times columnist argued Saturday. David French made this bold claim in conversation with fellow Times writers Michelle Goldberg ...

This post was updated March 1 at 8:32 p.m. When was the last time you procrastinated? Are you doing it right now? For many college students, procrastination is one of the most common examples of ...

Recently another poll revealed America’s most known political fact: Liberals are miserable. The samplings change but the conclusions don’t. Yet as confirmed as leftist misery is, its cause is missed: ...

Over the last few weeks, many of us have found ourselves wading through two very different corners of social media. In one, people who normally stand against gun violence were openly celebrating a ...

For years, I have tried to understand how and why so many of my family and friends, good and intelligent people, buy into the Trump-MAGA promise of quick and easy solutions to complex problems. I see ...

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