The effects of repeating false and misleading information on belief

RM Pillai, LK Fazio - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
False and misleading information is readily accessible in people's environments, oftentimes
reaching people repeatedly. This repeated exposure can significantly affect people's beliefs …

The illusory truth effect: A review of how repetition increases belief in misinformation

J Udry, SJ Barber - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
Repetition increases belief in information, a phenomenon known as the illusory truth effect.
In laboratory experiments, the illusory truth effect has often been examined using general …

The diffusion of misinformation on social media: Temporal pattern, message, and source

J Shin, L Jian, K Driscoll, F Bar - Computers in Human Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines dynamic communication processes of political misinformation on social
media focusing on three components: the temporal pattern, content mutation, and sources of …

Truth by repetition: Explanations and implications

C Unkelbach, A Koch, RR Silva… - Current directions in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
People believe repeated information more than novel information; they show a repetition-
induced truth effect. In a world of “alternative facts,”“fake news,” and strategic information …

Perceived truth of statements and simulated social media postings: An experimental investigation of source credibility, repeated exposure, and presentation format

L Nadarevic, R Reber, AJ Helmecke, D Köse - … Research: Principles and …, 2020 - Springer
To better understand the spread of fake news in the Internet age, it is important to uncover
the variables that influence the perceived truth of information. Although previous research …

[HTML][HTML] The trajectory of truth: A longitudinal study of the illusory truth effect

EL Henderson, DJ Simons, DJ Barr - Journal of cognition, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Repeated statements are rated as subjectively truer than comparable new statements, even
though repetition alone provides no new, probative information (the illusory truth effect) …

Experiential fluency and declarative advice jointly inform judgments of truth

C Unkelbach, R Greifeneder - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2018 - Elsevier
Processing fluency, the experienced ease of ongoing mental operations, influences
judgments such as frequency, monetary value, or truth. Most experiments keep to-be-judged …

Truth is in the mind, but beauty is in the eye: Fluency effects are moderated by a match between fluency source and judgment dimension.

T Vogel, RR Silva, A Thomas… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
The eminent role of processing fluency in judgment and decision-making is undisputed. Not
only is fluency affected by sources as diverse as stimulus repetition or visual clarity, but it …

Make it short and easy: Username complexity determines trustworthiness above and beyond objective reputation

RR Silva, N Chrobot, E Newman, N Schwarz… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Can the mere name of a seller determine his trustworthiness in the eye of the consumer? In
10 studies (total N= 608) we explored username complexity and trustworthiness of eBay …

The effects of repetition spacing on the illusory truth effect

J Udry, SK White, SJ Barber - Cognition, 2022 - Elsevier
The illusory truth effect refers to the fact that repetition increases perceptions of truth. In these
experiments, we examined whether the magnitude of the illusory truth effect varies based …