Research indicates that the reach of fake news websites is limited to small parts of the
population. On the other hand, data demonstrate that large proportions of the public know …

Deceptive claims surround us, embedded in fake news, advertisements, political
propaganda, and rumors. How do people know what to believe? Truth judgments reflect …

An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long
subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and …

Improving objects, ideas or situations—whether a designer seeks to advance technology, a
writer seeks to strengthen an argument or a manager seeks to encourage desired behaviour …

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Misperceptions threaten to warp mass opinion and public policy on controversial issues in
politics, science, and health. What explains the prevalence and persistence of these false …

Political misperceptions can distort public debate and undermine people's ability to form
meaningful opinions. Why do people often hold these false or unsupported beliefs, and why …

Although bullshit is common in everyday life and has attracted attention from philosophers,
its reception (critical or ingenuous) has not, to our knowledge, been subject to empirical …

Given the potential political and social significance of conspiracy beliefs, a substantial and
growing body of work examines the individual‐level correlates of belief in conspiracy …

Humans tend to discount information that undermines past choices and judgments. This
confirmation bias has significant impact on domains ranging from politics to science and …