People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases found in individuals with subclinical delusional thinking. 🧠🔍 Cognitive tendencies such as jumping to conclusions, emotional reasoning, and anomalous perception were associated with conspiracy beliefs. 🕵️♂️🤔
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Delusion-like cognitive biases predict conspiracy theory belief
People prone to conspiracy theories may share cognitive tendencies with those who experience delusional thinking. Two new studies suggest that biases like anomalous perception and impulsive reasoning help explain why some are more likely to embrace conspiratorial…
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