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False memory ≠ false memory: DRM errors are unrelated to the misinformation effect. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The DRM method has proved to be a popular and powerful, if controversial, way to study 'false memories'. One reason for the controversy is that the extent to which the DRM effect generalises to other kinds of memory error has been neither satisfactorily ...
James Ost, Hartmut Blank, Joanna Davies, Georgina Jones, Katie Lambert, Kelly Salmon   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences [PDF]

, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, an understanding of the structure and organization of beliefs in pandemic conspiracy theories and misinformation becomes increasingly critical for addressing the threat posed by these dubious ideas.
Stoler, Justin, Enders, Adam M., Klofstad, Casey, Uscinski, Joseph E.   +3 more
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Taking the law into your hands: the impact of attention and nonverbal memory on the gestural misinformation effect. [PDF]

Psychiatr Psychol Law
Eyewitness testimonies, a prominent form of legal system evidence, are often flawed. Gestural misinformation effects occur when witnesses misremember events after seeing gestures conveying false information.
Kalis B, Dargue N, Sweller N.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Narrative elaboration makes misinformation and corrective information regarding COVID-19 more believable

BMC Research Notes, 2022
Objective People gather information about health topics from online channels oftentimes awash with misinformation. Investigating this problem during the COVID-19 pandemic is important, as the misinformation effect occurs when misleading details are ...
Joanna Greer, Kaitlyn Fitzgerald, Santosh Vijaykumar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

FALSE MEMORIES IN ONLINE MISINFORMATION EXPERIMENTAL CONTEXT

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Psychologia-Paedagogia, 2022
In times of pandemic and afterwards, online platforms and settings have been intensively used. With the purpose of investigating how this setting affected our memory, recent studies have found that memory distortions are present in online environments as
Andreea HOROIȚĂ, Adrian OPRE
doaj   +1 more source

Game-based inoculation versus graphic-based inoculation to combat misinformation: a randomized controlled trial

Cognitive Research, 2023
Misinformation affects various aspects of people’s lives, such as politics, entertainment, and social interactions. However, effective intervention measures to combat misinformation are lacking.
Bo Hu, Xing-Da Ju, Huan-Huan Liu, Han-Qian Wu, Chao Bi, Chang Lu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can corrections spread misinformation to new audiences? Testing for the elusive familiarity backfire effect

Cognitive Research, 2020
Misinformation often continues to influence inferential reasoning after clear and credible corrections are provided; this effect is known as the continued influence effect.
Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Stephan Lewandowsky, Matthew Chadwick   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing the Efficacy of Attitudinal Inoculation Videos to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Quasi-Experimental Intervention Trial

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 2022
BackgroundOver the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, a variety of COVID-19-related misinformation has spread and been amplified online.
Rachael Piltch-Loeb, Max Su, Brian Hughes, Marcia Testa, Beth Goldberg, Kurt Braddock, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Vanessa Maturo, Elena Savoia   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Breaking Harmony Square: A game that “inoculates” against political misinformation

, 2020
We present Harmony Square, a short, free-to-play online game in which players learn how political misinformation is produced and spread. We find that the game confers psychological resistance against manipulation techniques commonly used in political ...
van der Linden, Sander, Roozenbeek, Jon
core   +4 more sources

Can "Googling" correct misbelief? Cognitive and affective consequences of online search.

PLoS ONE, 2021
With increasing concern over online misinformation in perspective, this study experimentally examined the cognitive as well as the affective consequences of online search.
Tetsuro Kobayashi, Fumiaki Taka, Takahisa Suzuki   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source