Winter 2018 – “Fact and Communication in a Post-Truth World”
![Peter H. Ditto](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Peter_Ditto.jpg)
Peter H. Ditto
The Illusion of Public Reason
April 9, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Allison Earl](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Allison_Earl.jpg)
Allison Earl
Bringing context back: How the environment shapes motivated reasoning
April 2, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Andrew Shtulman](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Andrew_Shtulman.jpg)
Andrew Shtulman
Conceptual and Epistemic Obstacles to Understanding Science
February 19, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Dan Kahan](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Dan_Kahan.jpg)
Dan Kahan
Science Comprehension Without Curiosity is no Virtue, and Curiosity Without Comprehension no Vice
February 12, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Josh Pasek](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Josh_Pasek-.jpg)
Josh Pasek
Information Processing in the 21st Century Media Environment: Is Humanity up to the Task?
February 5, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![David Dunning](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/David_Dunning.jpg)
David Dunning
The Geography of Post-Truth World: An Introduction and Illustration
January 22, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Richard Nisbett](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Richard_Nisbett.jpg)
Richard Nisbett
Post-Truth in the Academy
January 29, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Krishna Savani](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/krishna_savani.jpg)
Krishna Savani
Does Choice Lie in the Eyes of the Beholder? Implications of a Choice Mindset for Cognition, Emotion, Motivation, and Policy
March 5, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Brian Weeks](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Brian_Weeks.jpg)
Brian Weeks
The Problem of Political Misperceptions
March 19, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
![Philip Fernbach](https://rcgd.isr.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Philip_Fernbach.jpg)
Philip Fernbach
The Knowledge Illusion
March 26, 2018
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM