- People who believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories have the following cognitive biases: jumping-to-conclusions bias, bias against disconfirmatory evidence, and paranoid ideation, finds a new German study (n=1,684). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/coronavirus-conspiracy-beliefs-in-the-germanspeaking-general-population-endorsement-rates-and-links-to-reasoning-biases-and-paranoia/1fd2558b531b95140c671dc0c05d5ad0 3392 comments science
- Higher levels of COVID-19 conspiracy belief endorsement were associated with greater jumping-to-conclusions bias, greater liberal acceptance bias, greater bias against disconfirmatory evidence, and greater paranoid ideation, finds a new German study (n=1,684). https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/coronavirus-conspiracy-beliefs-in-the-germanspeaking-general-population-endorsement-rates-and-links-to-reasoning-biases-and-paranoia/1fd2558b531b95140c671dc0c05d5ad0 5 comments science