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    "pk": 27207,
    "title": "Reasoning ability predicts irrational worldview but not conspiracy belief",
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    "abstract": "Previous research showed that individual tendency to believe in\nconspiracy theories is related to numerous social, personality, and\ncognitive variables. Moreover, such a tendency may reflect a\nbroader trait for epistemic irrationality, which drives other pseudo-\nscientific and paranormal beliefs. However, the relationship\nbetween conspiracy belief and reasoning ability (fluid intelligence;\nGf) was not sufficiently studied to date, even though Gf level\nstrongly influence the way in which individuals think and reason.\nUsing confirmatory factor analysis, we found the robust link\nbetween conspiracy belief and other irrational beliefs. All those\nirrational beliefs were also substantially related to the close-\nminded cognitive style. However, even though Gf significantly\npredicted other irrational beliefs, it explained less than 2% of\nvariance in conspiracy belief. This result suggests that effective\nreasoning cannot prevent even highly intelligent people from\nendorsing conspiracy theories.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "rationality; intelligence; conspiracy theory;\nparanormal beliefs; pseudoscience;"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Posters: Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Jan",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Jastrzębski",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Jagiellonian University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Adam",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Chuderski",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Jagiellonian University",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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