How cognitive dissonance affects us: This experiment revealed a crucial point: when our actions contradict our beliefs, we ...

In the world of storytelling, whether in film, literature, or any narrative art, cognitive dissonance is a powerful tool.

It happens to the best of us, but there's actually a name for that discomfort you're experiencing: cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort that results from holding two ...

There are only a vanishingly few instances where Big Government advocates are honest about the awful policies upon which they ...

And I believe the decision is also causing an unprecedented amount of cognitive dissonance in many individuals, including Trump and those who have supported him. Cognitive dissonance refers to a ...

Victims often blame themselves for their abuser's actions and perpetrators make it too hard to escape. Gabby Petito’s story sheds light on this heartbreaking reality.

Now that the whole world knows that the president of the United States is a Russian patsy, I don't have to be gaslit about being a crackpot fake news conspiracy theorist for knowing that fact all ...

It is the subject of a new theory based on experiments showing that the grass is usually not greener on the other side of the fence and that grapes are sourest when ...