People have a tendency to disregard information that contradicts their partisan or ideological
identity. This inclination can become especially striking when citizens reject notions that …

Affective polarization has become a defining feature of twenty-first-century US politics, but
we do not know how it relates to citizens' policy opinions. Answering this question has …

A key debate in the psychology of ideology is whether leftists and rightists are
psychologically similar or different. A long-standing view holds that left-wing and right-wing …

The COVID-19 pandemic requires an effort to coordinate the actions of government and
society in a way unmatched in recent history. Individual citizens need to voluntarily sacrifice …

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on
what Democrats and Republicans have in common. One of the defining features of twenty …

The COVID-19 pandemic has been marked by political divisions in US public trust of
scientists. Such divisions are well known on other topics, but regarding COVID-19 they …

How do citizens want to be represented by elected officials in an era of affective
polarization? Contemporary narratives about American politics argue that people embrace …

I clarify and defend the hypothesis that human belief formation is sensitive to social rewards
and punishments, such that beliefs are sometimes formed based on unconscious …

We conducted a survey experiment in which we presented 1,850 respondents with one of
two versions of an appeal emphasizing either the threats to the environment or threats to …

The online sphere allows people to be personally anonymous while simultaneously being
socially identifiable. Twitter users can use a pseudonym but signal allegiance to a political …