Limited not lazy: a quasi-experimental secondary analysis of evidence quality evaluations by those who hold implausible beliefs

Abstract Past research suggests that an uncritical or ‘lazy’ style of evaluating evidence may play a role in the development and maintenance of implausible beliefs. We examine this possibility by using a quasi-experimental design to compare how low- and high-quality evidence is evaluated by those wh...

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Main Authors: Kristy A. Martire, Bethany Growns, Agnes S. Bali, Bronte Montgomery-Farrer, Stephanie Summersby, Mariam Younan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-12-01
Series:Cognitive Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-020-00264-z