Identity-scaffolded epistemologies: adopting non-normative beliefs online through collective information bias. [PDF]
Front PsycholGreipl S, Schmid UK, Rieger D.
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The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
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Emotional pathways linking relative deprivation experiences to conspiracy beliefs: a mini-meta-analysis. [PDF]
BMC PsycholAbad Borger K, Walther E.
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes +3 more
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Unmasking the anti-gender mindset: development and validation of the Gender Ideology Belief Scale. [PDF]
Front PsycholCammarata IG +3 more
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The impact of artificial intelligence on close protection and surveillance
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose The current study assesses whether and how Artificial Intelligence could assist in threat assessment and analysis within the close protection and surveillance field. Methods The study drew on in‐depth interviews with academic experts and practitioners within the Dutch close protection and surveillance system, including the police ...
Isabelle van der Vegt
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Intuitions about content moderation are misaligned with effective practices for reducing conspiracy beliefs. [PDF]
Commun PsycholJalbert M, Wack M.
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
The Muslim World, EarlyView.Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Meerut Conspiracy Case: 1929-32, Defence Exhibits from Kranti
, 1927 Merrut Conspiracy Case
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