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The Question Dividing U.S. Soccer Fans: Is It OK to Root for Mexico?
American soccer fans had eight months to mull the question. Between the time the U.S. national team collapsed in World Cup qualifying last October to the moment the tournament kicked off here this month, they
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Bias Is Blind: Partisan Prejudice Across the Political Spectrum
A scientific analysis upends the notion that people on the political right are more biased about their ideological views than are people on the left.
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Thanksgiving Dinner May End Sooner If Guests Pass the Gravy across a Partisan Divide
Mixing family and politics has always been fraught. I know—my mother was a Democrat, my father a Republican. The night Jimmy Carter won the presidency, dad slept in the guest room. For the U.S., the
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring political preferences and self-concept, joint action in marmoset monkeys, serial processing in word recognition, and cognitive processing of asymmetric mixtures.
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Republicans Vote for Candidates Who Look Republican
As they choose candidates for the upcoming election, Democrats are looking for many qualities, including competence, character, and charisma. But new research suggests if they’re looking for crossover votes, they might also want to consider
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Why ruthlessness is a net negative in politics
What’s the right way to exert political influence? Is it more effective to be selfless and virtuous, or forceful and ruthless? Recent research we’ve conducted of the behavior of US senators reveals something surprising: Being
