Is there any new research being conducted on Cognitive Dissonace at the moment?
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contact your nearest phsycology help centre, you'll find plenty of help there. internet is very limited.
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sure we're getting closer but we're probably 0.000000000000000000001% there. \n\nsome nice reading on the subject is Rodolfo Llinas' book, 'The I of the vortex'. it's a standard text in neurobiology and psychiatry over here but it's simple enough for anyone to read and understand it.
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http://www.visiontherapystories.org/convergence_insufficiency.html
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No, but I read a good review of it on salon.com.  \n\nTo answer your other question, most GOP voters are not that bright. Plus, no one (intelligent or not) likes to admit that they were wrong, or that they were responsible for voting a dimwitted crook into office.  In psychology, this clash between perception and fact is called "cognitive dissonance."  The only way to get rid of it (since you can't change the facts) is to change your perception.  So they choose to perceive Bush as a moral guy and that solves the mental clash.
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I googled "stop sign statistics", and a fine study came up at the top of the list.\n\nhttp://www.cis.ysu.edu/~chang/student_proj/S3743_s02/s3743s02KenAl.pdf
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Yes. Try the evolutionary point of view. Many psychological and sociological events take a better light, too.
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Hey read this here \nhttp://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/psy/psylect08.htm
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i dont know about the study, but i know the study had a measurement bias, like u know, the subjects he studied, changed their behaviour styles becos they knew they were being watched. hope that helped.
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I think you would do well to look a while at this excellent - but - simpliefied source on neuroscience:\n\nhttp://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
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I do not know but the link below may have some info, at least it will help ease your mind.
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A friend of mine has been trying to explain rational behavior in terms of evolution and such.  I think you might be interested in reading it.
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Already been done.\n\nBased on current observable evidence, there is increasing perenctages of certainty regarding the timeline and history of the development of life on our planet.\n\nIt doesn't exclude G-d. It just outlines the observable and measurable properties of the phyiscal evidence.
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based on my own sampling I have noticed that people giving articulate, intelligent answers to questions asked gravitate towards the left in their views and the ones leaving simple sloganistic responses that in no way come close to answering questions seem to have a \n"rightie" bias.  \n\nAn unscientific sampling to be sure.
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yes there is...many studies, one of which is  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=3895380&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum
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Haven't figured that out yet either... Hmm.\n\nCurious minds need to know.
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THe KEnnedy Kreiger Institute is doing some research on this.  They are lacking funding but if you go to their website you may be able to find out who is in charge of the study and email them some questions
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I'm not sure, but i would suggest you check under Pshychology for this is a term that belongs under that categorization.