The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation

The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation

The evidence for motivated reasoning in climate change preference formation, Published online: 21 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0360-1

In this Review, a Bayesian framework is used to explain climate change belief updating, and the evidence required to support claims of directional motivated reasoning versus a model in which people aim for accurate beliefs, but vary in how they assess information credibility.