The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction

UKH Ecker, S Lewandowsky, J Cook… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review

V Van Mulukom, LJ Pummerer, S Alper, H Bai… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is
therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with general conspiracy …

Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

J Roozenbeek, CR Schneider… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national
samples from the UK (n= 1050 and n= 1150), Ireland (n= 700), the USA (n= 700), Spain (n …

A bioweapon or a hoax? The link between distinct conspiracy beliefs about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak and pandemic behavior

R Imhoff, P Lamberty - Social Psychological and Personality …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
During the coronavirus disease pandemic rising in 2020, governments and
nongovernmental organizations across the globe have taken great efforts to curb the …

A framework for understanding reasoning errors: From fake news to climate change and beyond

G Pennycook - Advances in experimental social psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Humans have the capacity, but perhaps not always the willingness, for great intelligence.
From global warming to the spread of misinformation and beyond, our species is facing …

Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories

MJ Hornsey, K Bierwiaczonek, K Sassenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Conspiracy theories are part of mainstream public life, with the potential to undermine
governments, promote racism, ignite extremism and threaten public health efforts …

Fighting fake news in the COVID-19 era: policy insights from an equilibrium model

K Hartley, MK Vu - Policy sciences, 2020 - Springer
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a
global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics …

Beliefs about COVID-19 in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States: A novel test of political polarization and motivated reasoning

G Pennycook, J McPhetres, B Bago… - Personality and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
What are the psychological consequences of the increasingly politicized nature of the
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States relative to similar Western countries? In a two …

Irrational beliefs differentially predict adherence to guidelines and pseudoscientific practices during the COVID‐19 pandemic

P Teovanović, P Lukić, Z Zupan, A Lazić… - Applied Cognitive …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In the coronavirus “infodemic,” people are exposed to official recommendations but also to
potentially dangerous pseudoscientific advice claimed to protect against COVID‐19. We …

Psychological correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and preventive measures: Evidence from Turkey

S Alper, F Bayrak, O Yilmaz - Current psychology, 2021 - Springer
COVID-19 pandemic has led to popular conspiracy theories regarding its origins and
widespread concern over the level of compliance with preventive measures. In the current …