Thought Studies https://thoughtstudies.org/ Curated research on thought, awareness, self-deception, division, conflict, metacognition, and collective cognition. Meta-awareness, mind-wandering, and the control of automatic external and internal orientations of attention https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-026-10410-w doi:10.1038/s42003-026-10410-w Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Attention, Cognitive Neuroscience & Neural Mechanisms, Metacognition | +7: matched automatic-thought | +6: matched spontaneous-thought Imagined otherness fuels blatant dehumanization of outgroups https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00087-4 doi:10.1038/s44271-024-00087-4 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Polarization, Conflict & Division | +11: matched self-deception | +8: matched identity-division Exploring the Relationship Between Need for Closure, Religious Ideology, and Identity Fusion https://doi.org/10.19109/psikis.v11i1.24110 doi:10.19109/psikis.v11i1.24110 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Belief Formation & Belief Revision, Myth, Spirituality, & Religion, Social Cognition & Group Identity | +11: matched motivated-reasoning | +8: matched belief-rigidity On Self-Deception in the Individual, in Groups, and in Society as a Whole https://www.davidbohmsociety.org/library/self-deception/ url:8ffac54870d7f01e93d62b9a Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Self-Deception & Collective Deception, Self, Identity & Ego Processes, Advanced Metacognition | +18: matched bohm | +11: matched self-deception Ideology: Psychological Similarities and Differences Across the Ideological Spectrum Reexamined https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-020124-115253 doi:10.1146/annurev-psych-020124-115253 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning, Meaning, Worldviews & Ideology, Thought-Emotion Connection | +11: matched motivated-reasoning | +8: matched belief-rigidity Modeling the emergence of affective polarization in the social media society https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258259 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258259 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Polarization, Conflict & Division, Technology, Media & Cognitive Amplification | +8: matched thought-emotion | +8: matched identity-division A Threat to Cohesion: Intragroup Affective Polarization in the Context of Intractable Intergroup Conflict https://doi.org/10.1177/00220027241247033 doi:10.1177/00220027241247033 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Polarization, Conflict & Division, Self, Identity & Ego Processes, Fragmentation | +8: matched thought-emotion | +8: matched identity-division Intergroup threat and affective polarization in a multi-party system https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.7539 doi:10.5964/jspp.7539 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Polarization, Conflict & Division, Social Cognition & Group Identity, Self, Identity & Ego Processes | +8: matched thought-emotion | +8: matched identity-division “Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502211042516 doi:10.1177/00936502211042516 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Polarization, Conflict & Division, Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning | +8: matched thought-emotion | +8: matched identity-division Intergroup Hostility in the Public Sphere: Systematizing the Rising Concern for Affective Polarization Beyond Partisan Lines https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edaf044 doi:10.1093/ijpor/edaf044 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Polarization, Conflict & Division, Self, Identity & Ego Processes | +8: matched thought-emotion | +8: matched identity-division Identity concerns drive belief: The impact of partisan identity on the belief and dissemination of true and false news https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211030004 doi:10.1177/13684302211030004 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Belief Formation & Belief Revision, Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning | +9: matched confirmation-bias | +8: matched identity-division Intellectual humility as a tool to combat false beliefs: An individual‐based approach to belief revision https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12732 doi:10.1111/bjso.12732 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Advanced Metacognition | +7: matched belief | +6: matched advanced-metacognition Threats, Emotions, and Affective Polarization https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12899 doi:10.1111/pops.12899 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Social Cognition & Group Identity, Polarization, Conflict & Division, Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning | +8: matched thought-emotion | +3: matched affective-field We love, they hate: Emotions in affective polarization and how partisans may use them https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12955 doi:10.1111/pops.12955 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Thought-Emotion Connection, Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning, Social Cognition & Group Identity | +11: matched motivated-reasoning | +3: matched rationality-reasoning What drives people to prefer health-related misinformation? The viewpoint of motivated reasoning https://doi.org/10.47989/irpaper927 doi:10.47989/irpaper927 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning, Belief Formation & Belief Revision, Thought-Emotion Connection | +11: matched motivated-reasoning | +9: matched confirmation-bias Tracking politically motivated reasoning in the brain: the role of mentalizing, value-encoding, and error detection networks https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsae056 doi:10.1093/scan/nsae056 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience & Neural Mechanisms, Cognitive Bias & Motivated Reasoning, Belief Formation & Belief Revision | +11: matched motivated-reasoning | +7: matched belief