Misinformation as strategy: Epistemic consequences and the undermining of shared truth Review by Ullrich Ecker (@ulliecker.bsky.social), Emily Spearing (@emilyspearing.bsky.social), Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social), & Stephan Lewandowsky (@lewan.uk) tinyurl.com/yces8vpr

Happy to see this out! There was a suggestion in the literature that susceptibility to continued influence of misinformation decreases with age; we suggest here that this was an artefact and age does not play a big role. Led by the excellent Paul McIlhiney. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The Influence of Age on the Effectiveness of Misinformation Retractions

Misinformation has become a much-discussed issue in public and academic domains. One harmful aspect of misinformation is that it can persistently influence people's judgements after clear and credibl...

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Out now: You sure about that? The effects of textual and image-based skepticism on belief in dubious social-media claims doi.org/10.1186/s412... We tested if comments containing merely a skeptical 🤨 image reduce belief in dubious claims (they do). Led by the excellent @emilyspearing.bsky.social

You sure about that? The effects of textual and image-based Skepticism on belief in dubious social-media claims - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

On social media, people often react to posts using both written comments and images. While prior work has shown that these reactions can influence belief in claims, it has often conflated signals of (...

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Restrictive rules surrounding review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission are preventing the efficient identification of some miscarriages of justice, says a new study by Prof. @rebeccakhelm.bsky.social Dir of the Evidence-Based Justice Lab and Dr @emilyspearing.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mrp4hrf9

Happy to share a new paper (accepted at J Environ Psych), led by the amazing @emilyspearing.bsky.social Black Summer Arson: Examining the Impact of Climate Misinformation and Corrections on Reasoning osf.io/preprints/ps... @johnfocook.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Very excited to see this out today - led by the fabulous @emilyspearing.bsky.social @lewan.bsky.social @brionyswire.bsky.social @tobyprike.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Countering AI-generated misinformation with pre-emptive source discreditation and debunking | Royal Society Open Science

Despite widespread concerns over AI-generated misinformation, its impact on people’s reasoning and the effectiveness of countermeasures remain unclear. This study examined whether a pre-emptive, sourc...

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Coming soon, a special issue of #JARMAC on #Misinformation: Current Directions and New Insights, guest edited by Ulli Ecker. @apajournals.bsky.social

Glad to see this out! Misinformation-Based Beliefs Can Have Behavioral Consequences A commentray on a thought-provoking article on belief-behavior correspondence by @jgranadossamayoa.bsky.social & @dalbarra.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZC6SF...

Misinformation-Based Beliefs Can Have Behavioral Consequences

Published in Psychological Inquiry: An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory (Vol. 36, No. 1, 2025)

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