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Inner Monologues with Ethan Kross, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Is Distancing a Good Thing?

In 2011, you co-authored a study on how people fail to be reasonable over issues that have deeply personal implications. In this year's US presidential election, your research looked at what happens when people think about the outcome from a distance perspective. People who were capable of distancing showed evidence of being more aware of the limits of their own knowledge than those who weren't able to do so.

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