A foundational 1956 study of the concept, focussed on a U.F.O. doomsday cult, has been all but debunked by new research.

People can reject misinformation if they experience cognitive dissonance and need to choose between what they believe and alternatives from trusted messengers like you.

Cognitive dissonance is what happens when a person holds two sets of beliefs at odds with each other. The human brain doesn’t like logical inconsistencies, so someone experiencing cognitive dissonance ...

Conversation among us is peppered with observations of the division within the American population. The division is revealed in a number of forms. It may be the acknowledgement of the political gap ...

Your “bottom line” isn’t a boundary—it’s a psychological loophole. Rebrand it and stop sliding into the worst possible deal.

All of us fall prey to cognitive dissonance. My cheerful wife occasionally offers me, shall we say, suggestions for improvement. And after 50 years I have learned that she is usually right. How I wish ...

When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen. These terrible things are, in fact, already ...

Shany Mor makes many solid points in his op-ed “Why Hamas Atrocities Lead the Left to Hate Israel More” (Oct. 21), but he misses the mark claiming that “cognitive dissonance” explains anti-Israel ...

Netherlands-born Shanna van Loozenoord, better known as mermaidonmars, opens her debut album Spellbook with a volatile song ...