ArticleFrontiers in psychology2016
Changing Conspiracy Beliefs through Rationality and Ridiculing.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The efficacy of interventions in reducing belief in conspiracy theories: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccines: Rapid systematic review of the measurement, predictors, and preventive strategies.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Research on Conspiracy Beliefs: Field Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, and Associations With Personality Traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Associative Learning in a Conspiratorial Frame.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2026Article
- Evaluating generative AI's potential to dispel misinformation about wind farms.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Exploring Meta-Reasoning Propositional Confidence in Conspiratorial Beliefs and Socio-Cognitive Polarization.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2025Article
- Conspiracy Theories, Trust in Science, and Knowledge during the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cyprus.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Acceptance and Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures are Shaped Predominantly by Conspiracy Beliefs, Mistrust in Science and Fear - A Comparison of More than 20 Psychological Variables.Psychological reports · 2023Article
- Moral foundations are better predictors of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories than the Big Five personality traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories.Nature reviews psychology · 2023Review
- Conspiratorial Attitude of the General Public in Jordan towards Emerging Virus Infections: A Cross-Sectional Study Amid the 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Science vs. Conspiracy Theory about COVID-19: Need for Cognition and Openness to Experience Increased Belief in Conspiracy-Theoretical Postings on Social Media.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Enhancing critical thinking skills and media literacy in initial vocational education and trainingFrontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- Injustice Without Evidence: The Unique Role of Conspiracy Theories in Social Justice Research.Social justice research · 2022Article
- Personality and Motivation to Comply With COVID-19 Protective Measures in Germany.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Individual Differences in Belief in Fake News about Election Fraud after the 2020 U.S. Election.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The COVID-19 pandemic and the search for structure: Social media and conspiracy theories.Social and personality psychology compass · 2021Article
- Social Psychological Predictors of Belief in Fake News in the Run-Up to the 2019 Hungarian Elections: The Importance of Conspiracy Mentality Supports the Notion of Ideological Symmetry in Fake News Belief.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Conspiracy theory (CT) beliefs can be harmful. How is it possible to reduce them effectively? Three reduction strategies were tested in an online experiment using general and well-known CT beliefs on a comprehensive randomly assigned Hungarian sample (
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