RESEARCH GROUP ON ANTI-SCIENTIFIC BELIEFS AND RADICAL IDEOLOGIES

PseudoLab is an interdisciplinary research group whose aim is to study the interaction between radical ideologies (e.g., authoritarianism and identity politics) and anti-scientific conceptions (e.g., pseudoscience and conspiracy theories). We produce innovative research outcomes, combining quantitative studies and theoretical models to shed light on the socio-political dynamics involved in science denial.

LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Endorsement of alternative medicine and vaccine hesitancy among physicians: A cross-sectional study in four European countries, published in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

We analyzed the relationship between endorsement of complementary and alternative medicine and vaccination attitudes and behaviors among physicians from four European countries: Germany, Finland, Portugal, and France.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2023.2242748

Left-wing identity politics and authoritarian attitudes: a correlational study of social media users, published in Journal of Political Ideologies

We assessed the relationship between psychological variables typically associated with left-wing identity politics and authoritarian attitudes.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2023.2246914

A taxonomy of anti-vaccination arguments from a systematic literature review and text modelling, published in Nature Human Behaviour 

Through systematic review, thematic analysis, and natural language processing of anti-vaccination arguments, we developed a hierarchical taxonomy that relates common arguments and themes to 11 attitude roots that explain why an individual might express opposition to vaccination.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01644-3

Who Seeks Alternative Psychotherapies? Domain-Specific Predictors and Latent Profiles, published in Studia Psychologica 

We report psychological and psychiatric predictors on the use of Complementary and Alternative Psychoterapies (CAP). We also identified different profiles of CAP users.

https://doi.org/10.31577/sp.2023.01.864