David Rand

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• No association between numerical ability and politically motivated reasoning in a large US probability sample
• Quantifying the potential persuasive returns to political microtargeting
• Partisans’ receptivity to persuasive messaging is undiminished by countervailing party leader cues
• The (minimal) persuasive advantage of political video over text
• Rethinking the link between cognitive sophistication and politically motivated reasoning
• Bayesian or biased? Analytic thinking and political belief updating
• Thinking clearly about causal inferences of politically motivated reasoning: Why paradigmatic study designs often undermine causal inference