Metacognition, public health compliance, and vaccination willingness
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 …
have in these beliefs, and helps us guide our behavior in complex and uncertain …
[HTML][HTML] Contested science: Individuals with higher metacognitive insight into interpretation of evidence are less likely to polarize
Societal polarization over contested science has increased in recent years. To explain this
development, political, sociological, and psychological research has identified societal …
development, political, sociological, and psychological research has identified societal …
[HTML][HTML] Democrats are better than Republicans at discerning true and false news but do not have better metacognitive awareness
Insight into one's own cognitive abilities is one important aspect of metacognition. Whether
this insight varies between groups when discerning true and false information has yet to be …
this insight varies between groups when discerning true and false information has yet to be …
An artificial intelligence perspective: How knowledge and confidence shape risk and benefit perception
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are increasingly used in everyday life. Whereas some
are widely accepted (eg, automatically compiled playlists), others are highly controversial …
are widely accepted (eg, automatically compiled playlists), others are highly controversial …
[HTML][HTML] Thinking about Believing: Can Metacognitive Reflection Encourage Belief Updating?
AP O'Leary, W Fletcher - Journal of Intelligence, 2024 - mdpi.com
People often cling to their beliefs even in the face of counterevidence. The current study
explored metacognitive reflection as a potential driver for belief updating. In a randomized …
explored metacognitive reflection as a potential driver for belief updating. In a randomized …
An artificial intelligence perspective: How knowledge and confidence shape risk and opportunity perception
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications are increasingly used in everyday life. Whereas some
of them are widely accepted (eg, automatically compiled playlists), others are highly …
of them are widely accepted (eg, automatically compiled playlists), others are highly …
Navigating the COVID-19 infodemic: the influence of metacognitive efficiency on health behaviours and policy attitudes
M Lisi - Royal Society Open Science, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by an infodemic of misinformation and
increasing polarization around public health measures, such as social distancing and …
increasing polarization around public health measures, such as social distancing and …
Metacognitive and cultural cognition accounts jointly explain believing, and spreading of contested information
Although science-related misconceptions such as climate denial are often held with high
confidence, research explaining the origin of erroneous beliefs has historically remained …
confidence, research explaining the origin of erroneous beliefs has historically remained …
Do people know when they are good at spotting liars?–Metacognitive efficiency in Lie Detection
We investigated whether the confidence in lie detection judgments is a signal for the
accuracy of judgments. We argue that previous methods in tackling this question are …
accuracy of judgments. We argue that previous methods in tackling this question are …