Publication: Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis
Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis
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Suthaharan, P., Reed, E. J., Leptourgos, P., Kenney, J. G., Uddenberg, S., Mathys, C. D., Litman, L., Robinson, J., Moss, A. J., Taylor, J. R., Groman, S. M., & Corlett, P. R. (2021). Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(9), 1190–1202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01176-8
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The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world seem less predictable. Such crises can lead people to feel that others are a threat. Here, we show that the initial phase of the pandemic in 2020 increased individuals' paranoia and made their belief updating more erratic. A proactive lockdown made people's belief updating less capricious. However, state-mandated mask-wearing increased paranoia and induced more erratic behaviour. This was most evident in states where adherence to mask-wearing rules was poor but where rule following is typically
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- Suthaharan, Praveen
- Reed, Erin J
- Leptourgos, Pantelis
- Kenney, Joshua G
- Uddenberg, Stefan
- Mathys, Christoph D
- Litman, Leib
- Robinson, Jonathan
- Moss, Aaron J
- Taylor, Jane R
- Groman, Stephanie M
- Corlett, Philip R
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Suthaharan, P., Reed, E. J., Leptourgos, P., Kenney, J. G., Uddenberg, S., Mathys, C. D., Litman, L., Robinson, J., Moss, A. J., Taylor, J. R., Groman, S. M., & Corlett, P. R. (2021). Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis. Nature Human Behaviour, 5(9), 1190–1202. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01176-8
