The Robust Relationship Between Conspiracism and Denial of (Climate) Science

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 667-670

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b   Gignac, Gilles E ^b   Oberauer, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DENIAL; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FRAUD; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSORIASIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SKIN; SPACE FLIGHT;

ANIMALS; CLIMATIC PROCESSES; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PSORIASIS; SEPHAROSE; SKIN; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84930586346     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614568432     Document Type: Article

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