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Conspiracy Theories: Do Autism and ADHD Make You More Susceptible?
Certain traits that are more common with ADHD and autism, such as heightened paranoia, high levels of anxiety, paranormal beliefs, low self esteem, justice sensitivity, low tolerance for ambiguity and pattern matching are associated with a higher likelihood of believing in conspiracy theories. However, analytical thinking styles which favor data appear to cancel out all these other risk factors, since autistic people are no more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than n
Tarah Peltz
Jun 2019 min read
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