ArticleRoyal Society open science2026
The Dunning-Kruger effect does not account for Covid-scepticism or vaccine hesitancy.
Article in Royal Society open science, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- The Dunning-Kruger effect does not account for Covid-scepticism or vaccine hesitancy.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
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Abstract
Vaccine-scepticism and vaccine hesitancy are sometimes explained using the Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE), which posits that individuals with low knowledge in relevant domains are overconfident in their understanding. However, prior evidence often relies on discrepancy-based measures of self-overestimation that are susceptible to statistical artefacts. It, therefore, remains unclear whether vaccine-scepticism genuinely reflects the defining features of the DKE. During the Covid-19 pandemic, a large UK sample (
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