How outrage drives the spread of online misinformation. New work from @killianmcloughlin.bsky.social with Bluesky luminaries @klonick.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, @williambrady.bsky.social and colleagues. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl2829

Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online

We tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is high...

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My paper "When and How to Deviate from a Preregistration" is now in press at Collabra Psychology. I sincerely hope it will help people to 1) transparently report deviations from their preregistration, and 2) carefully evaluate the consequences of each deviation. osf.io/preprints/ps... #metascience

Behavioral science policy recommendations early in the pandemic were *largely correct*. Our global collaboration of 80+ experts covers 747 studies (average sample size over 16,000!) & supports 16 of 19 claims. Many lessons for science & policy. Out today in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A great summary of our recent research featured in Forbes

This Personality Trait Draws Educated Minds To Conspiracy Theories

While education often deters belief in conspiracy theories, recent research finds educated narcissists more prone to such beliefs.

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🚨 Now out in Perspectives on Psychological Science 🚨 People engage with divisive and negative content online. But, does this mean that people *like* divisive content? No! We find that people across the political spectrum do not want divisive content to spread. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

X users require Elon Musk to pay them to keep using it ☠️

X Users to Require Elon Musk to Pay Them to Keep Using It

Additionally, users will demand that Musk set aside billions of dollars to compensate them for any psychiatric or other medical expenses incurred as a result of exposure to the platform.

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Who falls for misinformation around the globe? Individuals with high analytic cognitive style, accuracy motivations, and valuing of democracy are better at discerning misinformation from true claims. Really fascinating paper that looks at 16 countries across 6 continents.