The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted summary judgment for Major League Baseball (MLB) in the discrimination claim put forth by umpire Angel Hernandez (the ...

Motivated reasoning in political judgment refers to the cognitive tendency for individuals to process political information in a manner that aligns with their pre-existing identities, beliefs and ...

It is easy to learn about the idea of learning illusions while also assuming this can’t happen to you. However, to be human means to be fallible. Moreover, we all have a desire to be right. And when ...

Motivated reasoning All reasoning is influenced by motivation, but that motivation may vary. Kunda (1990), in her seminal work on motivated reasoning, argued that there is a difference between being ...