Perceptions about others play an important role in sha** people's attitudes and behaviors,
as well as social norms more broadly. This review presents a meta-analysis of the recent …

Misinformation occurs when people hold incorrect factual beliefs and do so confidently. The
problem, first conceptualized by Kuklinski and colleagues in 2000, plagues political systems …

Abstract Information provision experiments allow researchers to test economic theories and
answer policy-relevant questions by varying the information set available to respondents …

This paper evaluates an intervention in India that engaged adolescent girls and boys in
classroom discussions about gender equality for two years, aiming to reduce their support …

Exclusionary attitudes—prejudice toward outgroups and opposition to policies that promote
their well-being—are presenting challenges to democratic societies worldwide. Drawing on …

Political misperceptions can distort public debate and undermine people's ability to form
meaningful opinions. Why do people often hold these false or unsupported beliefs, and why …

Strategies aimed at reducing negative attitudes toward immigrants are at the core of
integration policies. A large literature shows that misperceptions about the size and …

Misperceptions threaten to warp mass opinion and public policy on controversial issues in
politics, science, and health. What explains the prevalence and persistence of these false …

While affective polarization has been shown to have serious social consequences, there is
little evidence regarding its effects on political attitudes and behavior such as policy …

A provocative, timely analysis that asks: What does science tells us about the bias that
poisons our politics? We don't live in a 'post-truth'society—but a 'myside'society in which no …