Conspiracist ideation in Britain and Austria: evidence of a monological belief system and associations between individual psychological differences and real-world and fictitious conspiracy theories.

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  British Journal of Psychology

• Publication date

  2011-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2010.02004.xPMID 21751999
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