Recent Blog Posts From Mind In The Machine

• How Religious Fundamentalism Hijacks the Brain
  If we want to inoculate society against the harms of fundamentalist ideologies, we must start thinking about how they function in the brain.
• Understanding the Racist Brain
  Racism is a complex and persistent bias, but we are beginning to understand the phenomenon on a psychological and neural level.
• Anger Exacerbates Political Bias
  America is angry. New research suggests that the emotion is biasing our political reasoning and further polarizing America—which benefits President Trump.
• Trump Is Gaslighting America Again — Here’s How to Fight It
  Gaslighting refers to a type of psychological manipulation used to get people to question their direct experience of reality. It's also one of the President's favorite techniques.
• The Dunning-Kruger Effect May Help Explain Trump's Support
  The Dunning-Kruger effect refers to a bias in which people with little knowledge in an area believe they have superior knowledge. New research suggests this is affecting politics.