conspiracy theory: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: Pressbooks via Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project - A Little More Logical - Conspiracy Theories. Oct 23, 2026
Add new Web site: Verywell Mind - What are Conspiracy Theories? Jul 30, 2026
Article revised and updated. May 21, 2026
Media added. Apr 08, 2026
Add new Web site: Scientific Reports - The psychological and political correlates of conspiracy theory beliefs. Mar 04, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - The Why Factor - Conspiracy Theory. Oct 03, 2025
Media added. Jun 04, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Psychology - Conspiracy theory and cognitive style: a worldview. Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: Live Science - 20 of the best conspiracy theories. May 07, 2024
Link added. Apr 19, 2023
Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Conspiracy Theories. Aug 26, 2022
Article revised to mention replacement theory. Jun 02, 2022
Article revised to mention the QAnon conspiracy theory. Jan 27, 2021
Fixed typo. Dec 11, 2020
Add new Web site: National Centre for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Conspiracy Theories: Evolved Functions and Psychological Mechanisms. Jan 02, 2019
Replaced photograph. Sep 14, 2018
New article added. May 05, 2016
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