ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Pseudoscientific Health Beliefs and the Perceived Frequency of Causal Relationships.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Anchored and Propagated Updating Within Pseudoscientific Belief Systems.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Article
- Reducing the causal illusion: a question of motivation or of information?Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- "The Dark Side of Musculoskeletal Care": Why Do Ineffective Techniques Seem to Work? A Comprehensive Review of Complementary and Alternative Therapies.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Proneness to false memory generation predicts pseudoscientific belief endorsement.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2024Article
- Instruction on the Scientific Method Provides (Some) Protection Against Illusions of Causality.Open mind : discoveries in cognitive science · 2024Article
- Expensive seems better: The price of a non-effective drug modulates its perceived efficacy.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2023Article
- Authority Brings Responsibility: Feedback from Experts Promotes an Overweighting of Health-Related Pseudoscientific Beliefs.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Beliefs about cause and effect, including health beliefs, are thought to be related to the frequency of the target outcome (e.g., health recovery) occurring when the putative cause is present and when it is absent (treatment administered vs. no treatment); this is known as
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