Tag: Confirmation bias
The psychology behind anti-trans legislation: How cognitive biases shape thoughts and policy
Julia Standefer, Iowa State University and L. Alison Phillips, Iowa State University
A state law signed Feb. 28, 2025,...
Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims –...
Craig A. Foster, State University of New York Cortland
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series...
Lots of people believe in Bigfoot and other pseudoscience claims –...
Craig A. Foster, State University of New York College at Cortland
Uncommon Courses is an...
Inoculate yourself against election misinformation campaigns – 3 essential reads
Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
As the midterm elections approach, Americans are already being subjected to misinformation campaigns, often online,...
Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change...
Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut
“Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that...
Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do...
Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury and Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California
Science denial became deadly in 2020. Many political...
7 ways to avoid becoming a misinformation superspreader
H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University
The problem of misinformation isn’t going away. Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter...
Coronavirus responses highlight how humans are hardwired to dismiss facts that...
Adrian Bardon, Wake Forest University
Bemoaning uneven individual and state compliance with public health recommendations, top U.S. COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci recently blamed the country’s...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
