We review conceptual arguments and research on the role of asymmetric frontal cortical
activity in emotional and motivational processes. The current article organizes and reviews …

This article provides an overview of research about cognitive dissonance reduction. Over the
past 60 years, researchers have produced significant theoretical and empirical contributions …

Explosive growth in big data technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) applications have
led to increasing pervasiveness of information facets and a rapidly growing array of …

Attitudes have been a central topic in social psychology from its early beginnings. But what
exactly are attitudes, where do they come from, and how can they be modified? The overall …

Welcome to the third edition of The Psychology of Attitudes & Attitude Change. As you would
expect, this edition contains many new developments. As a starting point, Bas Verplanken …

Rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts the
beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. Then, people often adjust their own …

A little more than 60 years ago, Leon Festinger published A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
(1957). Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance has been one of the most influential …

We review research on the structure and functions of emotions that has benefitted from a
serious consideration of both discrete and dimensional perspectives on emotion. To …

Over 34 years since its conception, research in educational settings has found evidence for
the effectiveness of the 5E Instructional Model. Indeed, several studies have reported …

Research on understanding, developing and assessing personalisation systems is spread
over multiple disciplines and builds on methodologies and findings from several different …