Conspiratorial Thinking and Narcissism

If there are two things the internet loves talking about, its narcissism and conspiracy theories. Misinformation and conspiratorial thinking is a long running concern, while narcissism is TikTok’s favourite armchair diagnosis. But while the two concepts are separate, research has shown that they may have a surprising link to each other.

Tylor Cosgrove, Lecturer in Psychology at Adelaide University, joined Cameron Furlong on the Thursday Daily to talk about this connection and the two studies that explore this.

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