Changing entrenched beliefs to alter people's behavior and increase societal welfare has
been at the forefront of behavioral-science research, but with limited success. Here, we …

Human cognition is not solitary, it is shaped by collective learning and memory. Unlike
swarms or herds, human social networks have diverse topologies, serving diverse modes of …

Making predictions is an adaptive feature of the cognitive system, as prediction errors are
used to adjust the knowledge they stemmed from. Here, we investigated the effect of …

Misinformed beliefs are difficult to change. Refutations that target false claims typically
reduce false beliefs, but tend to be only partially effective. In this study, a social norming …

How does social transmission of information shape individual and collective memory?
Taking a cognitive-experimental perspective, I propose three critical research themes to …

People are constantly bombarded with information they could use to adjust their beliefs.
Here, we are interested in exploring the impact of social norms on health‐related belief …

During a global health crisis, people are exposed to vast amounts of information from a
variety of sources. Here, we assessed which information source could increase knowledge …

From close friends to people on a first date, imagining a shared future appears fundamental
to relationships. Yet, no previous research has conceptualized the act of imagination as a …

Collaborative recall synchronizes downstream individual retrieval processes, giving rise to
collective organization. However, little is known about whether particular stimulus features …

The diffusion of accurate knowledge about diseases in the population is of critical concern to
public health officials. This is because an informed public should be in a position to make …