Do you ever get that nagging feeling of discomfort when your beliefs and actions don't quite line up? Like when you swear you'll stick to your budget but can't resist buying that new pair of shoes? Or ...

Cognitive dissonance is a term for the state of discomfort felt when two or more modes of thought contradict each other. The clashing cognitions may include ideas, beliefs, or the knowledge that ...

This creates a mental state known as cognitive dissonance, when “an individual’s cognitions — beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors—are at odds” (Egan et al., 2007, p. 978). Cognitive dissonance is an ...

Critics say certain expectations for space-themed projects unmet South Korean cable channel tvN, known for hit K-dramas such ...

Do you have a case of cognitive dissonance? Cognitive what? You may wonder why we’re asking if you have a case of cognitive dissonance. We’re asking because it’s common and ...

It is the subject of a new theory based on experiments showing that the grass is usually not greener on the other side of the fence and that grapes are sourest when ...

Howard Goodall:The next stage on music's journey was for a composer who could use dissonance, deliberate clashes of notes and chords, to conjure up subtle emotions. Howard Goodall:What's more ...

Shu, L. L., F. Gino, and M. H. Bazerman. "Ethical Discrepancy: Changing Our Attitudes to Resolve Moral Dissonance." In Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging ...

Dissonance is a play about friendship, society, and race.  The 90-minute two-person play is on the Mill Mountain stage this ...