Reevaluating Openness: Politically Motivated Reasoning and the Limits of Cognitive Flexibility

• In Event: Personality & Cognition

Brief Overview

Why are open-minded citizens just as likely to engage in motivated reasoning as their close-minded peers? This study explores the (lack of) relationship between motivated reasoning and personality traits by addressing shortcomings of prior research.

Authors

• Srivardhan Jangili, Stony Brook University

• Brian Guay, Stony Brook University

• Michael Nick Stagnaro, Massachusetts Institute of Technology