"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 ...

"Is it okay to stay like this?"When you reach your 30s, have you ever felt that sudden sense of impatience? Even so, you ...

Cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other. The clashing cognitions may include ideas, beliefs, or the knowledge that one ...

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 ...

Most Americans, 71 percent based on a recent Gallup poll, disfavor the development of data centers in their local area.

Cognitive dissonance refers to the stress or discomfort felt when there is a contradiction between one's thoughts and actions ...

Cognitive dissonance is more common than you think. In the field of psychology, it occurs when a person’s beliefs or values contradict their behavior or attitude and creates the feeling of mental ...

When “Barbie,” the movie, was released, I was convinced that I did not need to watch a film about dolls. It wasn’t until a colleague said that the film tackled the complexity of cognitive dissonance ...

Do you keep second-guessing your decisions after you’ve made them? Immobilizing yourself? Berating yourself when you finally decide on something? This can be a normal albeit painful way to make ...

We've been invited to see it all in You Can See Everything, but will we understand, or even agree on, what we've seen? Did ...