Exposure to conspiracy theories in the lab

Conspiracy theories are widespread in the modern information era. Being exposed to conspiracy may affect behaviour, for example, by spreading mistrust among people and within organisations, even if it does not necessarily generate beliefs narrative. Our paper investigates effect of exposure on strategic sophistication. We present evidence from a laboratory experiment, which we prime half our participants with theory. find that such leads increased Using causal mediation analysis confirm sophistication arises independently whether believe content or not.