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The entertainment value of conspiracy theories

Many citizens around the globe believe conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so appealing? Here, we propose that conspiracy theories elicit intense emotions independent of emotional valence. People therefore find conspiracy theories entertaining – that is, narratives that people perceive...

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Autores principales: van Prooijen, Jan‐Willem, Ligthart, Joline, Rosema, Sabine, Xu, Yang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9290699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34260744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12522