They were also given three measures of BS receptivity. For “pseudo-profound bullshit” participants had to rate on a 5-point scale how profound they found statements like the following: ...

Watch out, BSers: If you dish it out, you are more likely to fall for it in return. So, at least, is the conclusion of new research by a team of psychologists at the University of Waterloo. First ...

“The cognitive psychological profile of individuals who fall prey to fake news.” Two Yale professors — Gordon Pennycook, a psychology professor, and David G. Rand, an economics professor — have a ...

Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading information." It defines BS as "information designed to impress, persuade, or otherwise mislead people that is often ...