“Rational choice has come quite a way,” a Stanford University professor, Barry Weingast, said. “Thirty years ago, it was far outside the mainstream in political science in almost every respect.” Mr.

This cognitive skill is known as belief revision. It’s long been considered a hallmark of human rationality that ...

If Hezbollah's behavior is interpreted within the framework of Allison's model, one can say that the Hezbollah Resistance ...

Over the summer, parts of the United States seemed to have a grip on the pandemic. New York and much of the Northeast, for instance, recorded relatively few new infections. The pandemic gloom was ...

Journal Editorial Report: GOP candidates square off in first primary debate and clash over aid to Ukraine. Image: Win McNamee/Getty Images Say this much for Vivek Ramaswamy: He has an impressive ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Political Science provides evidence that emotions influence voting decisions more strongly than policy preferences. By analyzing data from five United States ...

We often make the distinction between rational and emotional thinking, contrasting rational and emotional as the two options that are fighting for which one is going to prevail and lead to better ...

Eros, the fabled Greek god of love, was said to bring confusion and weaken the mind. New research, however, suggests that young adults are instead quite rational when it comes to selecting potential ...

To the editor — It is abundantly clear to me that Dan Newhouse is the ONLY responsible choice to represent the 4th Congressional District. Mr Sessler is clearly a "crank" candidate much like Clint ...