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Intuition, reason, and conspiracy beliefs
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 Conspiracy theories tend to involve doubt and skepticism, but are conspiracy believers really more deliberative? We review recent research that investigates the relative roles of intuition and reason in conspiracy belief and find that the preponderance of evidence indicates that conspiracy belief is linked to an overreliance on intuition and a lack of ...
Jabin Binnendyk, Gordon Pennycook
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The Analytic Cognitive Style Predicts Conspiracy Beliefs: Replication Study on a Non-student Sample
Studia Psychologica, 2021 The study aims to replicate previous findings on a student and non-student sample - the mid-pointed level of conspiracy beliefs and the relationship of conspiracy beliefs with analytic cognitive style and preference for analytic thinking.
Eva Ballová Mikušková
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Comparing the ideological correlates of anti-government and anti-Roma conspiracy beliefs in Romania
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2023 Conspiracy theories are often viewed as the manifestation of a “conspiracy mentality” grounded in power-challenging attitudes. Contrary to this approach, it has been proposed that conspiracy theories targeting relatively powerful groups (i.e., upward ...
Kenzo Nera +2 more
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Conspiracy beliefs and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccinations
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2021 During the coronavirus pandemic, this study aimed to investigate the impact of conspiracy beliefs on Finnish attitudes toward vaccinations in general and COVID-19 vaccinations in particular.
Monica Pivetti +3 more
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Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 We review recent work on the relationship between science rejection and conspiracy beliefs. We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science specifically and the link between general conspiracist worldviews and science rejection. The first imply the scientific community as the center of a conspiratorial endeavor to misrepresent scientific ...
Bastiaan T Rutjens, Bojana Većkalov
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The efficacy of interventions in reducing belief in conspiracy theories: A systematic review.
PLoS ONE, 2023 Conspiracy beliefs have become a topic of increasing interest among behavioural researchers. While holding conspiracy beliefs has been associated with several detrimental social, personal, and health consequences, little research has been dedicated to ...
Cian O'Mahony +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Previous research found that conspiracy beliefs were usually activated when individuals faced different types of psychological threats and that they led mainly to maladaptive individual and societal outcomes.
Marta Marchlewska +5 more
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The psychological and political correlates of conspiracy theory beliefs
Scientific Reports, 2022 Understanding the individual-level characteristics associated with conspiracy theory beliefs is vital to addressing and combatting those beliefs. While researchers have identified numerous psychological and political characteristics associated with ...
Joseph Uscinski +10 more
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Conspiracy Beliefs and Acceptance of COVID-Vaccine: An Exploratory Study in Italy
Social Sciences, 2021 The availability of vaccines does not mean that people will be willing to get vaccinated. For example, different conspiracy beliefs on the adverse effects of vaccines may lead people to avoid collective health measures.
Monica Pivetti +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect vaccination intentions, these beliefs might become a crucial matter in the near future. We conducted two cross-sectional
Paul Bertin +3 more
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