{
  "id": 469991,
  "title": "The psychological factors associated with acting on a conspiracy theory",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/the-psychological-factors-associated-with-acting-on-a-conspiracy",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-10T12:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PsyPost",
    "slug": "psypost",
    "url": "https://www.psypost.org/the-psychological-factors-associated-with-acting-on-a-conspiracy-theory/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New research suggests that believing a conspiracy theory doesn't always translate to real-world behavior. Instead, the likelihood of taking action is linked to how certain people are about their beliefs and how useful they find them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}