‘Collective mind’ bridges societal divides − psychology research explores how watching the same thing can bring people together
- Written by Garriy Shteynberg, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee
Paying attention to the same thing strengthens bonds between observers.Carlos David Gomez/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SAOnly about 1 in 4 Americans said that they had trust in the nation’s institutions in 2023 – with big business (1 in 7), television news (1 in 7) and Congress (1 in 12) scraping the very bottom.
While institutional trust...




