The psychological study of ideology has traditionally emphasized the content of ideological
beliefs, guided by questions about what people believe, such as why people believe in …

Highlights•The predictive brain construes the world as consistent with top-down predictions,
while minimizing error in predictions.•Individuals are motivated to minimize prediction error …

Who is most likely to join and engage in extreme political action? Although traditional
theories have focused on situational factors or group identity, an emerging science …

One of the oldest debates in psychological research into politicized science such as
nanotechnology, vaccination, or climate change centers around the role of knowledge. Does …

Updating one's beliefs about the causes and effects of climate change is crucial for altering
attitudes and behaviours. Importantly, metacognitive abilities-insight into the (in) correctness …

Background Low education, low cognitive abilities, and certain cognitive styles are
suggested to predispose to social intolerance and prejudices. Evidence is, however …

Who is most likely to join and engage in extreme political action? While traditional theories
have focused on situational factors or group identity attributes, an emerging science …

Updating one's beliefs about the causes and effects of climate change is crucial for altering
attitudes and behaviours. Importantly, metacognitive abilities-insight into the (in) correctness …