Although bullshit is common in everyday life and has attracted attention from philosophers,
its reception (critical or ingenuous) has not, to our knowledge, been subject to empirical …

Propensity to judge randomly generated, syntactically correct (ie, bullshit) statements as
profound is associated with a variety of conceptually relevant variables (eg, intuitive …

Objective Fake news represents a particularly egregious and direct avenue by which
inaccurate beliefs have been propagated via social media. We investigate the psychological …

Pseudo-profound bullshit receptivity is the tendency to perceive meaning in important-
sounding, nonsense statements. To understand how bullshit receptivity differs across …

Recent psychological research has identified important individual differences associated
with receptivity to bullshit, which has greatly enhanced our understanding of the processes …

Although it appears to be a common social behavior, very little is known about the nature of
bullshitting (ie, communicating with little to no regard for evidence, established knowledge …

Previous research has demonstrated a link between illusory pattern perception and various
irrational beliefs. On this basis, we hypothesized that participants who displayed greater …

Deceptive claims surround us, embedded in fake news, advertisements, political
propaganda, and rumors. How do people know what to believe? Truth judgments reflect …

This research demonstrates how counterfactual thoughts can lead people to excuse others
for telling falsehoods. When a falsehood aligned with participants' political preferences …

Repetition increases the likelihood that a statement will be judged as true. This illusory truth
effect is well established; however, it has been argued that repetition will not affect belief in …