Researchers at TU Wien are developing a model that interprets opinions not as diametrically opposed poles, but as overlapping ...

The authors study the phenomenon of strategic group polarization, in which members take more extreme actions than their preferences. The analysis is relevant for a broad range of formal and informal ...

Although disagreement is a natural component of human interaction, polarization significantly increases the risk for interpersonal conflict, hostility, and in some cases, violence (Esteban & Schneider ...