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Conspiracy theories spread through social and other media often bringing easy explanations of events that cannot be easily explained. Beliefs in conspiracy theories may lead to simplified and radical viewpoints that can negatively influence one's behavior and actions. The paper analyzes the association between beliefs in popular conspiracy theories spread through social media and work performance using the results of an authors' test of conspiracy theories applied to a sample of 178 students of the Faculty of Military Leadership, University of Defence in Brno, Czech Republic. The students were selected as representatives of high-profile professions that should be trained to deal with potential disinformation and conspiracy theories. The assumption was that the students would be generally immune to the impact of conspiracy theories. The analysis did not confirm a hypothesis that individuals with top work performance are less prone to beliefs in conspiracy theories than individuals with solid/poor work performance. The findings confirm the necessity to systematically train people working in high-profile professions to work with available information and deal with potential disinformation and conspiracy theories. The findings are useful in the HR management practice of organizations that care about the professional qualities of their people and encourage further research on the origin, spread, and impact of conspiracy theories in the workplace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study we examined in how far sleep deprivation leads to autism-like symptoms with regard to social cognition. The negative effects of sleep deprivation on physical and mental functioning are well documented and it is therefore surprising that relatively little research has been done into the effects of sleep deprivation on social behaviour and the ability to judge social interactions and emotional expressions appropriately. Our experiment, conducted amongst 25 male students at the Czech military academy in Brno, Czech Republic, showed no significant differences in performance on a standard autism test between pre- and post- sleep deprivation conditions. The purpose of the paper is describe impacts of sleep deprivation on men with high physical stress, what negatively influence relevant cognitions and emotions. Sleep deprivation strongly influence cognitive abilities, leading to military leadership development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]