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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
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The effect of misinformation acceptance on COVID-19 prevention behaviors [PDF]

International Journal of Information Science and Management
The acceptance of misinformation about COVID-19 has had irreversible consequences on public health during the pandemic. The current study was conducted to investigate the effect of misinformation acceptance on preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 and
Leila Dehghani, Tahereh Tamimi, Mazyar Ganjoor, Parisa Eskandari   +3 more
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Should I Trust Social Media? How Media Credibility and Language Affect False Memory

Jurnal Psikologi, 2020
This study examined the influence of credibility and .language in Internet-based media on false memory. A randomized factorial 2 (media credibility) × 2 (language) experimental design was conducted with 106 college students.
Dewi Maulina, Ishaq Mahmudil Hakim, Ladayna Nurul Arasy, Marsa Dhiya Millatina, Ermanda Saskia Siregar   +4 more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The illusory truth effect leads to the spread of misinformation

, 2022
Misinformation can negatively impact people’s lives in domains ranging from health to politics. An important research goal is to understand how misinformation spreads in order to curb it.
Valentina Vellani, Sarah Y Zheng, Tali Sharot, Dilay Fidan Ercelik   +3 more
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