[HTML][HTML] The cognitive basis of psychosocial impact in COVID-19 pandemic. Does it encircle the default mode network of the brain? A pragmatic proposal

S Dubey, MJ Dubey, R Ghosh, AJ Mitchell… - Medical research …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Epigenetics, hypothalamic-pituitary axes, environmental and metabolic influences, and
transgenerational plasticity govern social behavior. Cognitive research considers the brain's …

Polarized climate change beliefs: No evidence for science literacy driving motivated reasoning in a US national study.

H Fischer, M Huff, N Said - American Psychologist, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
A substantial literature shows that public polarization over climate change in the US is most
pronounced among the science literate. A dominant explanation for this phenomenon is that …

[HTML][HTML] The political (a) symmetry of metacognitive insight into detecting misinformation.

M Geers, H Fischer, S Lewandowsky… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Political misinformation poses a major threat to democracies worldwide, often inciting
intense disputes between opposing political groups. Despite its central role for informed …

Metacognition, public health compliance, and vaccination willingness

H Fischer, M Huff, G Anders… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Metacognition, our ability to reflect on our own beliefs, manifests itself in the confidence we
have in these beliefs, and helps us guide our behavior in complex and uncertain …

Measures of metacognitive efficiency across cognitive models of decision confidence.

M Rausch, S Hellmann, M Zehetleitner - Psychological Methods, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract Meta-d′/d′ has become the quasi-gold standard to quantify metacognitive
efficiency because meta-d′/d′ was developed to control for discrimination performance …

An artificial intelligence perspective: How knowledge and confidence shape risk and benefit perception

N Said, AE Potinteu, I Brich, J Buder, H Schumm… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are increasingly used in everyday life. Whereas some
are widely accepted (eg, automatically compiled playlists), others are highly controversial …

Pre-registered replication of the gateway belief model–results from a representative German sample

N Said, LT Frauhammer, M Huff - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Consensus messaging aims to increase climate change awareness by communicating the
scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change. According to the gateway belief …

Motivated reasoning about climate change and the influence of Numeracy, Need for Cognition, and the Dark Factor of Personality

F Hutmacher, R Reichardt, M Appel - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Human information processing is not always rational but influenced by prior attitudes, a
phenomenon commonly known as motivated reasoning. We conducted two studies (N 1 …

Testing the Social Function of Metacognition for Common‐Pool Resource Use

H Fischer, N Wijermans, M Schlüter - Cognitive science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metacognition, the ability to monitor and evaluate our own cognitive processes, confers
advantages to individuals and their own judgment. A more recent hypothesis, however …

Consensus messaging in climate change communication: Metacognition as moderator variable in the gateway belief model

N Said, LT Frauhammer, M Huff - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
The issue of anthropogenic climate change is one of the most pressing challenges for
society. Thus, the development of efficient strategies to increase the public's awareness of …