Judging truth

NM Brashier, EJ Marsh - Annual review of psychology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Deceptive claims surround us, embedded in fake news, advertisements, political
propaganda, and rumors. How do people know what to believe? Truth judgments reflect …

A re-examination of the mere exposure effect: The influence of repeated exposure on recognition, familiarity, and liking.

RM Montoya, RS Horton, JL Vevea… - Psychological …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
To evaluate the veracity of models of the mere exposure effect and to understand the
processes that moderate the effect, we conducted a meta-analysis of the influence of …

Misinformation of COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine hesitancy

SK Lee, J Sun, S Jang, S Connelly - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The current study examined various types of misinformation related to the COVID-19
vaccines and their relationships to vaccine hesitancy and refusal. Study 1 asked a sample of …

The effects of repetition frequency on the illusory truth effect

A Hassan, SJ Barber - Cognitive research: principles and implications, 2021 - Springer
Repeated information is often perceived as more truthful than new information. This finding
is known as the illusory truth effect, and it is typically thought to occur because repetition …

A meta-analytic examination of the continued influence of misinformation in the face of correction: How powerful is it, why does it happen, and how to stop it?

N Walter, R Tukachinsky - Communication research, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
A meta-analysis was conducted to examine the extent of continued influence of
misinformation in the face of correction and the theoretical explanations of this phenomenon …

The debunking handbook 2020

S Lewandowsky, J Cook, U Ecker, D Albarracin… - 2020 - digitalcommons.unl.edu
The Debunking Handbook 2020 Page 1 University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University
of Nebraska - Lincoln Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc. Libraries at …

Knowledge does not protect against illusory truth.

LK Fazio, NM Brashier, BK Payne… - Journal of experimental …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
In daily life, we frequently encounter false claims in the form of consumer advertisements,
political propaganda, and rumors. Repetition may be one way that insidious misconceptions …

The entertainment value of conspiracy theories

JW Van Prooijen, J Ligthart… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many citizens around the globe believe conspiracy theories. Why are conspiracy theories so
appealing? Here, we propose that conspiracy theories elicit intense emotions independent …

Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing

S Lewandowsky, UKH Ecker… - … science in the …, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The widespread prevalence and persistence of misinformation in contemporary societies,
such as the false belief that there is a link between childhood vaccinations and autism, is a …

Feelings-as-information theory

N Schwarz - Handbook of theories of social psychology, 2012 - torrossa.com
Feelings-as-information theory conceptualizes the role of subjective experiences–including
moods, emotions, metacognitive experiences, and bodily sensations–in judgment. It …