New tool predicts who selects opposing political news beyond self-reports. Visual method reveals gaps between stated openness ...

A recent study provides a nuanced understanding of the mechanisms driving polarization and issue alignment on Twitter/X and reveals how political polarization in Germany is reinforced and structured ...

A series of three experiments found that when people evaluate arguments on political topics, their prior beliefs about that topic are more important than the actual quality of those arguments. People ...

A brief conversation with a trained chatbot proved roughly four times as persuasive as a traditional political ad on television, one of the studies found. By Steven Lee Myers and Teddy Rosenbluth ...

Voting can be a challenging topic to discuss with kids, but as the election approaches, it’s not something you should avoid. That's partly because voting is an important civic duty; it allows ...

The study of complexity in political decision-making addresses crucial questions at the intersection of cognitive science, ...

Recent polling shows nearly a quarter of Americans believe political violence may be justified. Americans increasingly view political violence as a problem but disagree on its root causes. Support for ...

With new polls showing Zohran Mamdani holding a sizeable lead in the mayor’s race, he’s poised to become the city’s first Muslim mayor. But with most polls being wrong about the Democratic primary in ...