Dr Daniel Jolley

Research into why people believe in conspiracy theories by Dr Daniel Jolley (Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University) and colleagues has recently been discussed in a feature on the Guardian’s Life & Style website:

Guardian.com: Conspiracy craze: why 12 million Americans believe alien lizards rule us

This follows Dr Jolley’s recent Psychologist in the Pub talk (“Are Conspiracy Theories Harmless?“) held in Birmingham in April 2016, one of a series of free “Psychology in the Pub” talks organised by the West Midlands Branch of the British Psychological Society. Click here for details of the Stoke Psychologist in the Pub series.

Dr Jolley at April’s Birmingham Psychologist in the Pub talk.

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