Psychology

Conspiracy Theories

• Study: “Connecting the dots: Illusory pattern perception predicts belief in conspiracies and the supernatural”
  • Article: Why do people believe conspiracy Theories
• Study – 20th Aug: Creationism and conspiracism share a common teleological bias
  • Article: What do Creationists and Conspiracy Theorists have in common?

Cognitive Bias

• Study (Aug 2018): Knowing less but presuming more: Dunning-Kruger effects and the endorsement of anti-vaccine policy attitudes
  • Article: Dunning-Kruger update – Anti-Vax folks think they know more than doctors

Popular Beliefs

• Article (Sep 18): Is Myers–Briggs scientific?