Individuals on one side may be more vulnerable to conspiracy theories, but the other also struggles in certain areas.

In our tangled political landscape, it is increasingly important to harbor a healthy skepticism about the world around us. However, the misinformed conspiracy theories that have become emboldened by ...

People who lean politically to the right are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories than those on the left—but not for ...

People who lean politically to the right are more likely to fall for conspiracy theories than those on the left – but not for ...

Much of the psychological research on conspiracy theories to date has focused on trying to explain why people believe them. But unlike the idiosyncratic and unshared nature of delusional thinking that ...

Katherine M. FitzGerald does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

President Donald Trump promoted a bunch of unfounded conspiracy theories during a late-night social media posting spree on Monday.

During the past 10,000 years—the Holocene—human societies became larger and ever more complex. An international team of scientists led by Peter Turchin from the Complexity Science Hub Vienna (CSH) set ...

The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the ...

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