Beliefs

A new Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson's disease. Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is widely accepted as the first event that leads to Parkinson's. But the new study suggests that a…

Meta, whose corporate offices in Menlo Park, California, are seen here, welcomed the research. Do social media echo chambers deepen…

By: Dr. Dennis Johnston Belief before behavior. This phrase has the power to transform classrooms, schools — and lives. The importance of teachers’ beliefs has been demonstrated over many years of research. This work builds on the…

Many of us found it hard to keep up with official restrictions as the COVID-19 pandemic dragged on. We experienced pandemic fatigue. And this fatigue led to wide-spread political discontent in Western democracies, according to a new study…

A newly compiled dataset quantitatively captures witchcraft beliefs in countries around the world, enabling investigation of key factors associated with such beliefs. Boris Gershman of American University in Washington, D.C., presents these…

Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020.The pills were fake and…

New research has shown that people who experience bullying in the workplace are more likely to engage in conspiracy theorising. The new research, led by the University of Nottingham and in collaboration with the Paris Nanterre University,…

The number 13, telekinesis and witchcraft play a part in a person's mistrust of science and vaccines, including the COVID-19 shot, according to research from West Virginia University sociologists. Previous research has shown that people…

“We have these scripts or schemas that we’ve got – if this happens, we respond in this way,” says associate professor Jordy Kaufman, director of Swinburne University’s Babylab, which explores the cognitive, social and brain development of…

Banned Books Week, an annual event that teachers and librarians across the U.S. mark with a combination of distress and defiance, is here again. The theme of this year’s event, which takes place Sept. 18-24, is “Books Unite Us.…