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Conspiratorial Beliefs and Well‐Being: How Cognitive Worldviews Shape Self‐Evaluation, Meaning, and Life Satisfaction Over Time

open access: yesApplied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Conspiratorial ideation is associated with pessimism, ontological insecurity, and perceived institutional betrayal—cognitive worldviews linked to threat‐focused information processing, lower self‐esteem, reduced meaning in life, and poorer well‐being.
Andrew Denovan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Preclinical Effects and Mechanisms of Biofield Therapy on Pancreatic Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis

open access: yesCancer Medicine, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background The high mortality of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) underscores the need for novel treatments. We investigated the potential role of human biofield therapy (BT) in modifying tumorigenic processes in murine and human PDAC cells through a series of in vitro and in vivo studies.
Peiying Yang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solução Mineral Milagrosa: um Tema para o Ensino de Química na Perspectiva da Alfabetização Científica e Tecnológica

open access: yesCiência & Educação
Resumo: A solução mineral milagrosa (MMS em inglês) é uma mistura clorada que tem sido divulgada na internet como um medicamento capaz de curar diversas patologias sem oferecer efeitos colaterais.
Tathiane Milaré   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Science and Pseudoscience in Social Work Practice

open access: yes, 2015
"Science is a way of thinking about and investigating the accuracy of assumptions about the world. It is a process for solving problems in which we learn from our mistakes. Social work has a long history of social reform and helping efforts.
Monica G Pignotti Phd, Lmsw   +3 more
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The Pseudo-Demarcation of 'Pseudoscience'

open access: yes, 2019
The effort to discover some universal method whereby science may be distinguished from ‘pseudoscience’ is a long-standing problem within Philosophy of Science. However, no widely accepted or properly justified method has thus far been proposed.
JAMES TIMOTHY MOLESWORTH (5867792)
core   +1 more source

Lakatos revisited: Innovation and ‘Novel facts’ as a foundational logic for the social sciences in an era of ‘Post-truth’ and pseudoscience

open access: yesCogent Business & Management, 2019
In what seems to be a “post-truth” era this paper argues that management theory development is necessary to provide insights into how to manage the academic research, or discovery system, itself, as it no longer seems clear that its explicit purpose, as ...
Chris William Callaghan
doaj   +1 more source

From Policy to Psychology: Analysing Evaluations of Journal Credibility Through Institutional and Cognitive Lenses

open access: yesLearned Publishing, Volume 39, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigated how Croatian scholars in the social sciences and humanities assess the credibility of academic journals, focusing on the influence of journal characteristics, academic discipline, rank, and cognitive style. Using a mixed‐method design with 1307 participants, we manipulated information about three journal characteristics
Nikolina Peša Pavlović   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Remembering Courtney Cazden, 1925–2025

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Here we remember and honor Courtney B. Cazden (1925–2025), whose scholarship, mentorship, and moral clarity profoundly shaped the study of language, literacy, and learning. Drawing on our shared experiences as colleagues, collaborators, students, and friends, we reflect on Courtney's enduring contributions to classroom discourse analysis ...
Kris D. Gutiérrez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Pseudoscientific Characteristic of Traditional and Alternative Medicines

open access: yesRecoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2016
This paper exposes the pseudoscientific characteristic as well the moral issue of traditional and alternative medicines in the Philippines by employing textual analysis of literature published about the nature of traditional and alternative medicine and ...
Jonas Robert L. Miranda
doaj   +1 more source

Pseudoscience and the Claim of Practical Utility: The Case of Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots

open access: yesTheoria, Volume 92, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT It has been suggested that, by definition, pseudoscientists must assert that their theories are scientific or represent the best available knowledge. However, in business consultation and self‐help literature, pseudoscientists do not often make such strong claims. Instead, they commonly appeal to the practical utility of their theories.
Kaisa Luoma, Ilmari Hirvonen
wiley   +1 more source

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