Articles and Studies on Overcoming Bias and Persuasion

1. Two Theories of Confirmation Bias: Motivational vs Cognitive. BBC

2. How to Persuade a Hostile Audience. The Atlantic

3. The Power of Bias vs Expressive Responding: Trump Voters Misidentify Obama Crowd and Trump Crowd. Washington Post

4. Why Facts Don’t Change our Minds

5. Motivated Reasoning: Why You Think You’re Right Even When You’re Wrong.  TED Ideas

6.[P]eople often don’t engage with information as information but as a marker of identity. Information becomes tribal.
This Article Won’t Change Your Mind: The facts on why facts alone can’t fight false beliefs. The Atlantic