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Towards psychological herd immunity: Cross-cultural evidence for two prebunking interventions against COVID-19 misinformation

Big Data & Society, 2021
Misinformation about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a pressing societal challenge. Across two studies, one preregistered ( n 1  = 1771 and n 2  = 1777), we assess the efficacy of two ‘prebunking’ interventions aimed at improving people’s ability to ...
Melisa Basol, Jon Roozenbeek, Manon Berriche, Fatih Uenal, William P. McClanahan, Sander van der Linden   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Online misinformation is linked to early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and refusal

Scientific Reports, 2022
Widespread uptake of vaccines is necessary to achieve herd immunity. However, uptake rates have varied across U.S. states during the first six months of the COVID-19 vaccination program.
Francesco Pierri, Brea L. Perry, Matthew R. DeVerna, Kai-Cheng Yang, Alessandro Flammini, Filippo Menczer, John Bryden   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination against misinformation: The inoculation technique reduces the continued influence effect.

PLoS ONE, 2022
The continued influence effect of misinformation (CIE) is a phenomenon in which certain information, although retracted and corrected, still has an impact on event reporting, reasoning, inference, and decisions.
Mikołaj Buczel, Paulina D Szyszka, Adam Siwiak, Malwina Szpitalak, Romuald Polczyk   +4 more
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Prebunking interventions based on “inoculation” theory can reduce susceptibility to misinformation across cultures

, 2020
This study finds that the online “fake news” game, Bad News, can confer psychological resistance against common online misinformation strategies across different cultures.
Nygren, Thomas,, Roozenbeek, Jon,, van der Linden, Sander,   +2 more
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Trace-strength and source-monitoring accounts of accuracy and metacognitive resolution in the misinformation paradigm

, 2011
Two experiments are reported that investigate the impact of misinformation on memory accuracy and metacognitive resolution. In Experiment 1, participants viewed a series of photographs depicting a crime scene, were exposed to misinformation that ...
Luna, K., Higham, P. A., Bloomfield, J.
core   +1 more source

Scientists' deficit perception of the public impedes their behavioral intentions to correct misinformation.

PLoS ONE, 2023
This paper investigates the relationship between scientists' communication experience and attitudes towards misinformation and their intention to correct misinformation.
Sera Choi, Ashley A Anderson, Shelby Cagle, Marilee Long, Nicole Kelp   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid evidence profile #56: Examining types of misinformation and disinformation and the effectiveness of interventions to combat misinformation and disinformation

, 2023
An overview of the best available research evidence from around the world (i.e., evidence syntheses) and local research evidence (i.e., single studies) and may include a scan of experiences from other countries and from Canadian provinces and territories,
DeMaio, P, Waddell, K, Wilson, MG, Velez, CM, Lavis, JN, Bhuiya, AR   +5 more
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False memories in forensic psychology: do cognition and brain activity tell the same story?

Frontiers in Psychology
One of the most important problems in forensic psychology is the impossibility of reliably discriminating between true and false memories when the only prosecution evidence comes from the memory of a witness or a victim.
Nieves Pérez-Mata, Margarita Diges
doaj   +1 more source

Facial Cosmetic Therapy Use Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: An Australian Cohort Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with numerous facial manifestations for which patients may engage in cosmetic therapies. It is unclear how patients with SSc use these therapies. This study sought to characterize patient engagement and experiences with cosmetic therapies for SSc‐related and non‐SSc–related facial changes.
Zachary Warren, Diane Apostolopoulos, Gene‐Siew Ngian, Amanda M. Saracino, Laura Ross, Nava Ferdowsi, Jennifer Walker, Cindy Hall, Kim Griggs, Susanna Proudman, Wendy Stevens, Joanne Sahhar   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the prevalence and incidence of symptomatic hand OA in the Netherlands using primary care electronic health records.

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective This study estimated the incidence and prevalence of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis (OA) in the Dutch population using a validated algorithm that integrates free‐text data from primary care electronic health records (EHRs). Methods This retrospective cohort study used the Integrated Primary Care Information (IPCI) database, including EHRs ...
Onur Kaya, Jacoline van den Driest, Laura Struik, Margreet Kloppenburg, Ruud Selles, Daniel Prieto Alhambra, Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra, Dieuwke Schiphof   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source