#107: Showing Open-Mindedness with Mohamed Hussein

Mohamed Hussein studies how the psychology of persuasion and politics interact. He is an assistant professor of marketing at Columbia Business School. On the podcast, we talk about his work on "receptiveness," or people's openness to hearing out opinions they disagree with. (For more on receptiveness, check out episode 56, Receptiveness to Other Opinions with Julia Minson ). But the research we talk about includes studies on how "you" versus "we" language affects how receptive we seem (Hussein & Tormala, 2024 ) as well as studies showing the costs of being receptive across political party lines (Hussein & Wheeler, 2024 ). For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: Learn more about Opinion Science at and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

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#107: Showing Open-Mindedness with Mohamed Hussein is an episode from Opinion Science by Andy Luttrell.

This episode is 51:22 long.

This episode was published on May 5, 2025.

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