Francesco Rigoli

Nov 4, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Francesco Rigoli |Jack C. Lennon

ABSTRACTThe statistical brain hypothesis posits that the brain constructs probabilistic models of the environment. Here we examine whether this perspective can provide any insight on religion. We propose that religious ideas represent an attempt to explain away residuals, that is, to explain discrepancies between observations and predictions.

Jul 5, 2024 | theconversation.com | Avery Anapol |Grace Allen |Laura Hood |Francesco Rigoli |Huw D Lewis |Lone Sorensen | +7 more

Labour has won the UK general election and is expected to achieve a landslide of around 400 seats in parliament, leaving the Conservatives on little more than 100 and Wales and the SNP set to have fewer than 10. The Liberal Democrats have won at least 60 seats and the Greens have won at least four, as have Reform which has also come second in many races. Here you’ll find expert reaction to results as they continue to come in.

Jul 3, 2024 | theconversation.com | Avery Anapol |Grace Allen |Laura Hood |Francesco Rigoli |Huw D Lewis |Lone Sorensen | +6 more

Labour has won the general election and is expected achieve a landslide of around 400 seats in parliament, having already taken over 100 seats from the Conservatives in England and Wales and many from the SNP in Scotland. The Liberal Democrats have won at least 50 seats and the Greens have won at least four, as have Reform which has also come second in many races. Here you’ll find expert reaction to results as they continue to come in.

Jun 4, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Francesco Rigoli

By Francesco Rigoli, Reader in Psychology, City, University of London Nigel Farage is back. The newly appointed leader of the Reform UK party has just announced his intention to run to be the MP for the Essex seaside town of Clacton – the only constituency to have ever elected an MP from Farage’s former party UKIP in a general election.

Apr 11, 2024 | scroll.in | Francesco Rigoli

The division between right and left around the world has rarely felt more polarised. Of course there have always been differences between people on the different ends of the political spectrum, but now it seems they are living in different worlds entirely. This is perhaps related to the tendency for those on the right to focus on the past and to strive for a world that once was and the tendency for those on the left to do the opposite.