Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
My research focuses on how cognitive biases influence both the content and propagation of information, in particular misinformation and conspiracy theories related to medicine and health, urban legends and other contemporary folklore.
My research draws on the fields of cultural evolution, cognitive psychology, social psychology, evolutionary psychology, cognitive anthropology, and social learning.
Key Research Words/Phrases
Cultural evolution; social learning; cognitive biases; conspiracy theories; urban legends; misinformation
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- BF Psychology
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Research Output
- 7 Article
Social transmission favours the ‘morally good’ over the ‘merely arousing’
Stubbersfield, J. M., Dean, L. G., Sheikh, S., Laland, K. N. & Cross, C. P., 4 Jun 2019, In : Palgrave Communications. 5, 1, 70.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An experimental investigation into the transmission of antivax attitudes using a fictional health controversy
Jiménez, Á. V., Stubbersfield, J. M. & Tehrani, J. J., Oct 2018, In : Social Science and Medicine. 215, p. 23-27 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Faking the News: Intentional Guided Variation Reflects Cognitive Biases in Transmission Chains Without Recall
Stubbersfield, J., Tehrani, J. & Flynn, E., 10 Oct 2018, In : Cultural Science Journal. 10, 1, p. 54-65 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Chicken Tumours and a Fishy Revenge: Evidence for Emotional Content Bias in the Cumulative Recall of Urban Legends
Stubbersfield, J. M., Tehrani, J. J. & Flynn, E. G., 8 Feb 2017, In : Journal of Cognition and Culture. 17, 1-2, p. 12-26 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Cognitive Evolution and the Transmission of Popular Narratives: A Literature Review and Application to Urban Legends
Stubbersfield, J. M., Flynn, E. G. & Tehrani, J. J., 1 Apr 2017, In : Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. 1, 1, p. 121-136 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article