ArticleEMBO reports2018
The genesis of a conspiracy theory: Why do people believe in scientific conspiracy theories and how do they spread?
Article in EMBO reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Leave the world(view) behind, but keep the words: The effect of conspiracism on writing.PloS one · 2026Article
- Association between beliefs in medical conspiracy theories and health behaviors among medical and healthcare students. Implications for professional practice.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- COVID-19-Induced Fear in Infoveillance Studies: Pilot Meta-analysis Study of Preliminary Results.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
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