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Self-deception in politics
Here is more MRI evidence. Apparently we get little squibs of pleasure from rejecting evidence contradictory to our views. Here is my earlier paper on political self-deception.
Posted by Tyler Cowen on January 24, 2006 at 11:26 AM in Political Science | Permalink
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