Jianyu Wang (at left) and Animesh Panda (at right) joined UMSL staff members for an enlightening trip to the Missouri State Capitol earlier this month.

Jianyu Wang (at left) and Animesh Panda (at right) joined UMSL staff members for an enlightening trip to the Missouri State Capitol earlier this month.
Jianyu Wang (at left) and Animesh Panda (at right) joined UMSL staff members for an enlightening trip to the Missouri State Capitol earlier this month.
Jianyu Wang (at left) and Animesh Panda (at right) joined UMSL staff members for an enlightening trip to the Missouri State Capitol earlier this month.
Grossman and his research collaborators found motivated reasoning as one of the root causes of why invitees so often respond to invitations with ‘maybe’ instead of a definitive ‘yes’ or ‘no.’