Introducing: Politics on the Couch

<p>This week our host Rafael Behr is in conversation with <a href="https://www.leorzmigrod.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Dr Leor Zmigrod</a> about how cognitive science can help us understand how political identities are formed, and how people's ideological affiliations might affect how they respond to a national crisis.</p> <p>If you want to delve further into the topic </p> <p><strong>Reader-friendly essays</strong></p> <p>Zmigrod, L. (2019). The partisan brain: cognitive study suggests people on the left and right are more similar than they think. </p> <p><a href="https://theconversation.com/the-partisan-brain-cognitive-study-suggests-people-on-the-left-and-right-are-more-similar-than-they-think-123578" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/the-partisan-brain-cognitive-study-suggests-people-on-the-left-and-right-are-more-similar-than-they-think-123578</a></p> <p>Zmigrod, L. (2018). Brexit: how cognitive psychology helps us make sense of the vote. </p> <p><a href="https://theconversation.com/brexit-how-cognitive-psychology-helps-us-make-sense-of-the-vote-95031" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/brexit-how-cognitive-psychology-helps-us-make-sense-of-the-vote-95031</a></p> <p><strong>Relevant academic papers</strong></p> <p>Zmigrod, L. (2020). The Role of Cognitive Rigidity in Political Ideologies: Theory, Evidence, and Future Directions. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 34, 34-39. </p> <p>See paper here.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.10.016" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2019.10.016</a></p> <p>Zmigrod, L., Ebert, T., Götz, F. M., &amp; Rentfrow, J. (2020). The Psychological and Socio-political Consequences of Infectious Diseases. Retrieved from psyarxiv.com/84qcm</p> <p>Tybur, J. M., Inbar, Y., Aarøe, L., Barclay, P., Barlow, F. K., De Barra, M., ... &amp; Consedine, N. S. (2016). Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate