Misinformation-Induced Paranoia and Social Contagion: How Rumor Processing Distorts Threat Perception
Misinformation-induced paranoia refers to a pattern where repeated exposure to misleading or manipulative information leads individuals to develop or intensify paranoid beliefs, especially beliefs about others’ hostile intent. While paranoia can occur in multiple psychiatric and neurocognitive conditions, a key mechanism in the misinformation context is altered threat appraisal: the brain interprets ambiguous social cues… Read More »