Cognitive dissonance is a psychological term that describes the discomfort you feel when your beliefs don’t line up with your actions. Or it could refer to the tension of holding two conflicting ...

A leading large language model displays behaviors that resemble a hallmark of human psychology: cognitive dissonance. In a report published this month in Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

When Erin arrived at the courthouse to apply for a protection order, she was riddled with fear and confusion. "He's not like this all the time," she cried. "Maybe it was just a one-time thing. I mean, ...

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 ...

One of the intriguing aspects of the public trade debate has long been cognitive dissonance—the ability to hold conflicting viewpoints simultaneously. This has been illustrated recently in two polls, ...

The Left has lost its mind and can’t find its voice. I should know; I just I came face to face with their bare-knuckle tactics. My offense was pointing out political reality. Specifically, while ...

A leading large language model displays behaviors that resemble a hallmark of human psychology: cognitive dissonance. Anyone who interacts with an AI chatbot for the first time is struck by how human ...

"Cognitive dissonance" is a fascinating term to ponder. My understanding is that it has to do with the distress created when one encounters something that is: 1, undeniable and irrefutably true; 2, ...