A new, biologically driven model of human behavior in which reason is tethered to the evolutionarily older autonomic, instinctive, and associative systems. In Reason and Less, Vinod Goel explains the workings of the tethered mind. Reason does not float on top of our biology but is tethered to...

The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic puts countries and their governments in an unprecedented situation. Strong countermeasures have been implemented in most places, but how much do people trust their governments in handling this crisis? Using data from a worldwide survey, conducted between March...

Die empirische Studie gibt erstmals einen umfassenden Überblick über die politischen Potentiale des Corona-Protests in Deutschland. Basierend auf Umfragedaten zeigt sie, dass dieser Protest ein erhebliches und relativ stabiles Mobilisierungspotenzial in der deutschen Bevölkerung besitzt....

The QAnon conspiracy theory contends, among other things, that COVID-19 is a conspiracy orchestrated by powerful actors and aimed at repressing civil liberties. We hypothesize that, where government risk communication started early, as measured by the number of days between the start of the...

Die empirische Studie gibt erstmals einen umfassenden Überblick über die politischen Potentiale des Corona-Protests in Deutschland. Basierend auf Umfragedaten zeigt sie, dass dieser Protest ein erhebliches und relativ stabiles Mobilisierungspotenzial in der deutschen Bevölkerung besitzt....

The outbreak of COVID-19 subjected prophets and the prophetic ministry to ridicule and taunts by both disenchanted Christians and non-believers alike. This study examines responses to these challenges posed by COVID-19 to prophets and the prophetic movement in Africa. The study shows that...