A group of researchers studied the personality traits most common in conspiracy-brained people, discovering insecurity might ...

Conspiracy theories have occurred in society for centuries, but they have gained increased prominence in our contemporary culture, fueled by the unease of an anxious world. In the high-speed ...

Theory guides teaching, patient care, and research. Most are unaware of psychiatry’s and medicine’s guiding theory. Their present reductionistic theory has been discarded by all other sciences.

A new meta analysis of 170 studies identifies qualities of people who believe conspiracy theories. This paper is not a new study; it’s a statistical analysis of existing work and findings. Researchers ...

Contrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster Calum Lister Matheson, University of Pittsburgh Online influencers with millions of followers have ...

In a new study, many people doubted or abandoned false beliefs after a short conversation with the DebunkBot. By Teddy Rosenbluth Shortly after generative artificial intelligence hit the mainstream, ...