Intolerance predicts climate skepticism

A Closer Look at Climate Change Skepticism

Signals of Doubt: Text-Mining Climate Skepticism

Although agreement among scientists on anthropogenic climate change is clear, national surveys show that the American public’s perceptions on the science of climate change diverge significantly from the “consensus view.” Explanations for this divergence range from the influence of local weather events to the health of the economy, while many place blame on the efforts of climate change deniers ...

Intolerance of uncertainty predicts increased striatal volume.

Oversensitivity to uncertain future threat is usefully conceptualized as intolerance of uncertainty (IU). Neuroimaging studies of IU to date have largely focused on its relationship with brain function, but few studies have documented the association between IU and the quantitative properties of brain structure. Here, we examined potential gray and white-matter brain structural correlates of IU...

Climate Change Skepticism in the Face of Catastrophe

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence for man-made climate change, many people and more importantly policymakers still remain skeptical about the subject. While this phenomenon of ”climate-skepticism” prevents implementation of environmental policies around the globe, it is ignored in economic models of climate change. In this paper we fill this gap by creating a model that allows for climat...

Charcot's skepticism.

This paper brings a short review about a peculiar characteristic of Professor Charcot, the father of neurology: the skepticism, emphasizing his personal view regarding the prognosis of several neurological conditions.