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COVID-19 conspiracy ideation is associated with the delusion proneness trait and resistance to update of beliefs.

Scientific reports - 20 Jun 2022

Acar K, Horntvedt O, Cabrera A, Olsson A, Ingvar M, Lebedev A V, Petrovic P

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The rapid spread of conspiracy ideas associated with the recent COVID-19 pandemic represents a major threat to the ongoing and coming vaccination programs. Yet, the cognitive factors underlying the pandemic-related conspiracy beliefs are not well described. We hypothesized that such cognitive style is driven by delusion proneness, a trait phenotype associated with formation of delusion-like beliefs that exists on...

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PMID: 35725585
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14071-7
PMCID: PMC9208343

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