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What drives beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories? The role of psychotic-like...
Ferreira, Simão; Campos, Carlos; Marinho, Beatriz; Rocha, Susana; Fonseca-Pedrero, Eduardo; Barbosa Rocha, NunoRationale The COVID-19 pandemic is a worldwide threat to public health and the global economy. The climate of fear and uncertainty associated with the pandemic has fostered the emergence of a wide range of COVID-19 conspiracy theories that have the potential to shape public opinion and hinder the effective dissemination of valid information. Beliefs in conspiracy theories have been associated with maladaptive p...
The sun is no fun without rain: physical environments affect how we feel about ...
Jonauskaite, Domicele; Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M.; Abu-Akel, Ahmad; Al-Rasheed, Abdulrahman Saud; Antonietti, Jean Philippe; Ásgeirsson, Árni GunnarAcross cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We focus on a prime example – the association of yellow with joy, – which conceivably arises because yellow is reminiscent of life-sustaining sunshine and pleasant weather. If so, this association should be especially strong in countries...