The Einstein effect provides global evidence for scientific source credibility effects and the influence of religiosity

• Main Authors: Hoogeveen, Suzanne, Haaf, Julia M., Bulbulia, Joseph A., Ross, Robert M., McKay, Ryan, Altay, Sacha, Bendixen, Theiss, Berniūnas, Renatas, Cheshin, Arik, Gentili, Claudio, Georgescu, Raluca, Gervais, Will M., Hagel, Kristin, Kavanagh, Christopher, Levy, Neil, Neely, Alejandra, Qiu, Lin, Rabelo, André, Ramsay, Jonathan E., Rutjens, Bastiaan T., Turpin, Hugh, Uzarevic, Filip, Wuyts, Robin, Xygalatas, Dimitris, van Elk, Michiel
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Psychology; Decision Making; Reproducibility
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164349
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

People tend to evaluate information from reliable sources more favourably, but it is unclear exactly how perceivers' worldviews interact with this source credibility effect. In a large and diverse cross-cultural sample (N = 10,195 from 24 countries), we presented participants with obscure, mean...