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Increasing accuracy motivations using moral reframing does not reduce Republicans’ belief in false news

Michael N. Stagnaro, Sophia Pink, David G. Rand, and Robb Willer (2023). HKS Misinformation Review.

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Politics, Misinformation

High level of correspondence across different news domain quality rating sets

Hause Lin, Jana Lasser, Stephan Lewandowsky, Rocky Cole, Andrew Gully, David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook (2023). PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad286

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, 2023, Fact-Checking

Conscientiousness does not moderate the association between political ideology and susceptibility to fake news sharing

Hause Lin, David G. Rand, and Gordon Pennycook (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001467

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2023, Misinformation

Sincere or motivated? Partisan bias in advice-taking

Yunhao Zhang, and David G. Rand (2023). Judgment and Decision Making. 18, E29. doi:10.1017/jdm.2023.28

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2023, Motivated Reasoning

Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

Antonio A. Arechar, Jennifer Allen, Adam J. Berinsky, Rocky Cole, Ziv Epstein, Kiran Garimella, Andrew Gully, Jackson G. Lu, Robert M. Ross, Michael N. Stagnaro, Yunhao Zhang, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01641-6

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

Misinformation warning labels are widely effective: A review of warning effects and their moderating features

Cameron Martel and David G. Rand (2023). Current Opinion in Psychology, p.101710.

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Misinformation, `Review articles, Fact-Checking

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19

Kai Ruggeri et al. (2023). Nature 625, no. 7993 (2024): 134-147.

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PostedSeptember 12, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts

Displaying News Source Trustworthiness Ratings Reduces Sharing Intentions for False News Posts

Tatiana Celadin, Valerio Capraro, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Journal of Trust and Safety. 1(5). https://doi.org/10.54501/jots.v1i5.100

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PostedSeptember 11, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Misinformation

What Makes News Sharable on Social Media?

Xi Chen, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Journal of Quantitative Description. 3. https://doi.org/10.51685/jqd.2023.007

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PostedSeptember 11, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Social networks

Correcting misperceptions of out-partisans decreases American legislators’ support for undemocratic practices

James N. Druckman, Suji Kang, James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, Jan G. Voelkel, Joseph S. Mernyk, Sophia L. Pink, Chrystal Redekopp, David G. Rand, and Robb Willer (2023). PNAS. 120 (23) e2301836120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301836120

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PostedSeptember 10, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Politics

How to think about whether misinformation interventions work

Brian Guay, Adam J. Berinsky, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Nature Human Behaviour. 7, 1231–1233.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01667-w

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PostedSeptember 8, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Misinformation, `Review articles

No association between numerical ability and politically motivated reasoning in a large US probability sample

Michael N. Stagnaro, Ben M. Tappin, and David G. Rand (2023). PNAS. 120 (32) e2301491120; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2301491120

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PostedJanuary 23, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Motivated Reasoning, Politics

Quantifying the potential persuasive returns to political microtargeting

Ben M. Tappin, Chloe Wittenberg, Luke B. Hewitt, Adam J. Berinsky, and David G. Rand (2023). PNAS. 120 (25) e2216261120; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216261120

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PostedJanuary 16, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Politics

Reasoning about climate change

Bence Bago, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). PNAS Nexus. 2(5). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad100

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PostedJanuary 9, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsCooperation, Politics, Intuition, 2023, `Review articles

Unselfish traits and social decision-making patterns characterize six populations of real-world extraordinary altruists

Shawn A Rhoads, Kruti Vekaria, Katherine O’Connell, Hannah S Elizabeth, David G. Rand, Megan Kozak Williams, Abigail Marsh (2023). Nature Communications. 14, 1807. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37283-5

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PostedJanuary 6, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsCooperation, 2023

The social media context interferes with truth discernment

Ziv Epstein, Nathaniel Sirlin, Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Science Advances. 9(9). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abo6169.

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PostedJanuary 5, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation, Social networks

Partisans’ receptivity to persuasive messaging is undiminished by countervailing party leader cues

Ben M. Tappin, Adam J. Berinsky, and David G. Rand (2023). Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01551-7

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PostedJanuary 4, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Politics, Motivated Reasoning, Elite cues

Examining accuracy-prompt efficacy in combination with using colored borders to differentiate news and social content online

Venya Bhardwaj, Cameron Martel, and David G. Rand (2023). HKS Misinformation Review. 4(1). p. 1-47. https://doi.org/10.37016/mr-2020-113.

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PostedJanuary 3, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

Thinking more or thinking differently? Using drift-diffusion modeling to illuminate why accuracy prompts decrease misinformation sharing

Hause Lin, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2023). Cognition. 230, 105312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105312

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PostedJanuary 2, 2023
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2023, Accuracy Prompts, Misinformation

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Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI


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Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online


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Fighting misinformation on social media using crowdsourced judgments of news source quality


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