COVID-19 conspiracy ideation is associated with the delusion proneness trait and resistance to update of beliefs

Abstract The rapid spread of conspiracy ideas associated with the recent COVID-19 pandemic represents a major threat to the ongoing and coming vaccination programs. Yet, the cognitive factors underlying the pandemic-related conspiracy beliefs are not well described. We hypothesized that such cogniti...

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Main Authors: K. Acar, O. Horntvedt, A. Cabrera, A. Olsson, M. Ingvar, A. V. Lebedev, P. Petrovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14071-7