human psyche

Space psychologists are watching closely as allegations of violence at an Antarctic base highlight the limits in psychological screening for long-duration missions. “These tests mostly try to select people out—but they are not great at selecting people in. The human psyche is too complex for that.”

A recent modeling study suggests that society's deepening polarization isn’t just a result of the modern information landscape. Rather, it arises from deep-rooted biases in the human psyche—in particular, the urge to seek evidence supporting what we already suspect to be true.