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Conspiracy Beliefs and Science Rejection: New preprint!

Conspiracy Beliefs and Science Rejection: New preprint!

Jun 8, 20221 min read

In this paper, Bastiaan & Bojana review recent work on the relationship between science rejection and conspiracy beliefs. We explain the differences between general and science-specific conspiracy beliefs and their…

New preprint out: Psychological distance to science as a predictor of science skepticism across domains

New preprint out: Psychological distance to science as a predictor of science skepticism across domains

Jun 1, 20221 min read

In this paper, we present psychological distance to science (PSYDISC) as a domain-general predictor of science skepticism. Over the course of 5 studies, we established the validity and factor structure…

New paper about the ‘Einstein effect’ and its impact on the perceived credibility of scientific scources.

New paper about the ‘Einstein effect’ and its impact on the perceived credibility of scientific scources.

Feb 8, 20221 min read

In this project, we examined how people rate the credibility of scientific statements depending on their own worldview, the kind of source that it came from (scientific vs. spiritual) and…

New paper out: Science rejection in Greece.

New paper out: Science rejection in Greece.

Dec 1, 20211 min read

In our new paper, we replicate earlier work on heterogeneous science scepticism and the importance of spirituality in shaping science attitudes. This study however was conducted in Greece, which is…

Letter to the editors in Psychological Science published

Letter to the editors in Psychological Science published

Nov 25, 20211 min read

The PsySci team recently wrote a letter to the editors of Psychological Science, commenting on research documenting the effects of scientific consensus identification on false beliefs about science. We make…