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Confident judgments of (mis)information veracity are more, rather than less, accurate

Akshina Banerjee, Matthew D. Rocklage, Mohsen Mosleh & David Rand (2026). PNAS Nexus 5(7).

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PostedSeptember 1, 2026
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2026, Misinformation

Consensus, Disagreements, and Open Questions in the Psychology of Misinformation

Gordon Pennycook & David G. Rand (2026). Annual Reviews of Psychology.

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PostedSeptember 1, 2026
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2026, Misinformation

Divergent patterns of engagement with partisan and low-quality news across seven social media platforms

Mohsen Mosleh, Jennifer Allen & David G. Rand (2025). PNAS 122(44) e2425739122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2425739122

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PostedJuly 2, 2025
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2025, Misinformation

Replicability and generalizability of the repeated exposure effect on moral condemnation of fake news

Reed Orchinik, Rahul Bhui & David G. Rand (2025). Nature Communications 16(7206).

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PostedJuly 2, 2025
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2025, Misinformation

Emotional language reduces belief in false claims

Samantha C. Phillips, Sze Yuh Nina Wang, Kathleen M. Carley, David G. Rand & Gordon Pennycook (2025). Judgment and Decision Making. 2025;20:e43. doi:10.1017/jdm.2025.10019

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PostedJuly 2, 2025
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2025, Misinformation

Addressing misperceptions takes more than combating fake news

Jennifer Allen, Gordon Pennycook & David G. Rand (2025). Trends in Cognitive Science 29(9).

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PostedJuly 2, 2025
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2025, Misinformation

Solutions and Challenges for Addressing Misinformation

Cameron Martel and David G. Rand (2025). Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, 0(ja). https://doi.org/10.1177/07439156251352415

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PostedJuly 1, 2025
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2025, Misinformation

Inoculation and accuracy prompting increase accuracy discernment in combination but not alone

Gordon Pennycook, Adam J. Berinsky, Puneet Bhargava, Hause Lin, Rocky Cole, Beth Goldberg, Stephan Lewandowsky, & David G. Rand (2024). Nature Human Behaviour. 8, pages2330–2341.

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PostedJuly 4, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, 2024, Accuracy Prompts

Accuracy prompts protect professional content moderators from the illusory truth effect

Hause Lin, Marlyn Thomas Savio, Xieyining Huang, Miriah Steiger, Rachel L Guevara, Dali Szostak, Gordon Pennycook, and David G Rand (2024). PNAS Nexus, 3(11), pgae481.

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PostedJuly 3, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2024, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions

Mohsen Mosleh, Qi Yang, Tauhid Zaman, Gordon Pennycook and David G. Rand (2024). Nature. 634, 609-616.

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PostedJuly 3, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Misinformation, Fact-Checking

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2024). Science. 385(6714), eadq1814.

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PostedJuly 2, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsPolitics, 2024, AI, Misinformation, Fact-Checking

Partisans neither expect nor receive reputational rewards for sharing falsehoods over truth online

Isaias Ghezae, Jillian J. Jordan, Izzy B. Gainsburg, Mohsen Mosleh, Gordon Pennycook, Robb Willer, and David G. Rand (2024). PNAS Nexus. 3(8), pgae287.

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PostedJuly 2, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, Politics, 2024, Social networks

Fact-checker warning labels are effective even for those who distrust fact checkers

Cameron Martel and David G. Rand (2024). Nature Human Behaviour. 8, 1957–1967.

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PostedJuly 2, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, 2024, Fact-Checking

Quantifying the Impact of Misinformation and Vaccine-Skeptical Content on Facebook

Jennifer Allen, Duncan Watts, and David G. Rand (2024). Science. 384(6699), eadk3451.

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Misinformation, Crowdsourcing

Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation. Nature Human Behaviour

Anastasia Kozyreva et al. (2024). Nature Human Behaviour. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01881-0

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Misinformation, `Review articles

Misinformation and harmful language are interconnected, rather than distinct, challenges

Mohsen Mosleh, Rocky Cole, and David G. Rand (2024). PNAS Nexus. 3(3), pgae111.

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Misinformation

Crowds Can Effectively Identify Misinformation at Scale

Cameron Martel, Jennifer Allen, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2024). Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231190388

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
TagsMisinformation, Crowdsourcing, 2024, `Review articles

On the Efficacy of Accuracy Prompts Across Partisan Lines: An Adversarial Collaboration

Cameron Martel et al. (2024). Psychological science, 35(4), 435-450.

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Politics, Misinformation, Accuracy Prompts

The distorting effects of producer strategies: Why engagement does not reliably reveal consumer preferences for misinformation

Alexander J. Stewart, Antonio A. Arechar, David G. Rand, and Joshua B. Plotkin (2024). PNAS 121(10), e2315195121.

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PostedJuly 1, 2024
AuthorAntonio Alonso Arechar
Tags2024, Misinformation, Social networks, Computational Models

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
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Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI


Thomas H. Costello, Gordon Pennycook, and David G. Rand (2024). Science

Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook


Jennifer Allen, Duncan Watts, and David G. Rand (2024). Science

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online


Gordon Pennycook, Ziv Epstein, Mohsen Mosleh, Antonio A. Arechar, Dean Eckles, and David Rand (2021). Nature

Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds


Jennifer Allen, Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook, and David Rand (2021). Science Advances

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


Gordon Pennycook and David Rand (2019). PNAS

 

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