Shane Littrell

I am a cognitive psychologist interested in the spread of misleading information within political, organizational, and everyday contexts. My research focuses primarily on investigating the ways in which bullshit (and bullshitters), conspiracy theories, and political propaganda influence people’s beliefs, attitudes, and decisions.

1. https://shanelittrell.com/
2. https://government.cornell.edu/shane-littrell

Via: Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs - https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs ... introduces the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale (CBSR), a tool designed to measure susceptibility to impressive-but-empty organizational rhetoric ...

1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886926000620?via%3Dihu