The sarrazin effect: The presence of absurd statements in conspiracy theories makes canonical information less plausible

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Raab, Marius Hans ^a   Auer, Nikolas ^a   Ortlieb, Stefan A ^a   Carbon, Claus Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Assimilation; Conspiracy theories; External validity; Liking; Narrative construction; Preference; Reframing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885363636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00453     Document Type: Article

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