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On the relationship between conspiracy theory beliefs, misinformation, and vaccine hesitancy.
PLoS ONE, 2022 At the time of writing, nearly one hundred published studies demonstrate that beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and misinformation are negatively associated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
Adam M Enders +3 more
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Do Real and Invented Scandals Fuel Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories?
European Journal of Psychology Open, 2023 : Introduction: Conspiracy believers often claim that they believe in conspiracy theories not on irrational grounds, as scholars often argue, but because of the real scandals and real conspiracies that have occurred in history. Methods: We tested whether
Pascal Wagner-Egger +3 more
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Perceived lack of control and conspiracy theory beliefs in the wake of political strife and natural disaster [PDF]
Psihologija, 2022 While lack of control is one plausible explanation for conspiracy beliefs, the experimental evidence is mixed. We present two naturalistic studies that offer some limited support for the control hypothesis.
Stojanov Ana +2 more
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, 2021 Research on belief in conspiracy theories identified many predictors but often failed to investigate them together. In the present study, we tested how the most important predictors of beliefs in conspiracy theories explain endorsing COVID-19 and non ...
Selin Eker +15 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Prior beliefs, such as conspiracy beliefs, significantly influence our perception of the natural world. However, the brain activity associated with perceptual decision-making in conspiracy beliefs is not well understood.
Abdolvahed Narmashiri +3 more
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Cognitive reflection and the coronavirus conspiracy beliefs
, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic reminded us of how quickly conspiracy ideas can spread and how dire their consequences could be. One important question is what traits would predict susceptibility to conspiracy beliefs.
Negar Karimi +3 more
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, 2021 Despite regular reference to conspiracy theories as a “belief system,” few studies have attempted to explore the structure and organization of conspiracy beliefs beyond an examination of correlations between those beliefs.
Wuchty, Stefan +7 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 While COVID-19 spreads aggressively and rapidly across the globe, many societies have also witnessed the spread of other viral phenomena like misinformation, conspiracy theories, and general mass suspicions about what is really going on.
David De Coninck +10 more
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Climate change: Why the conspiracy theories are dangerous [PDF]
, 2015 Uncertainty surrounds the public understanding of climate change and provides fertile ground for conspiracy theories. Typically, such conspiracy theories assert that climate scientists and politicians are distorting or hijacking the science to suit their
Robbie M. Sutton +3 more
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Online communication as a window to conspiracist worldviews [PDF]
, 2015 In spite of the social stigma surrounding them, conspiracy theories are a common topic of public debate on the Internet. The content and tone of these discussions provide a useful insight into the structure of conspiracist belief systems and the ...
Michael James Wood +5 more
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