Current Opinion in Psychology – Special issue: Willful Ignorance

Two articles by our lab members were published in a special issue dedicated to the topic of willful ignorance, which is the deliberate decision to avoid information even when its relevance and benefits are clear, and it is offered for free. 

The cost of asking: Extending the dimensions of willful ignorance

Yoram Zahavi, Yoella Bereby-Meyer

October 2025

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X25001186 

Does curiosity make us riskier? The mediating role of willful ignorance

Maayan Finegold, Yoella Bereby-Meyer

October 2025

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X25000946