A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.

Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...

People can reject misinformation if they experience cognitive dissonance and need to choose between what they believe and ...

Amara* had always associated success with stability – the kind rooted in a familiar neighbourhood and a fulfilling career, all within the close-knit community she grew up in. As the daughter of ...

"We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness." –Daniel Kahneman Cognitive dissonance, a psychological phenomenon first identified by Leon Festinger in 1957, refers to the ...

Conversation among us is peppered with observations of the division within the American population. The division is revealed in a number of forms. It may be the acknowledgement of the political gap ...

Do you ever get that nagging feeling of discomfort when your beliefs and actions don't quite line up? Like when you swear you ...

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