Changing entrenched beliefs to alter people's behavior and increase societal welfare has
been at the forefront of behavioral-science research, but with limited success. Here, we …

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the
American Psychological Association, Diane F. Halpern, applies theory and research from …

People frequently continue to use inaccurate information in their reasoning even after a
credible retraction has been presented. This phenomenon is often referred to as the …

Does expertise within a domain of knowledge predict accurate self‐assessment of the ability
to explain topics in that domain? We find that expertise increases confidence in the ability to …

When people rapidly judge the truth of claims presented with or without related but
nonprobative photos, the photos tend to inflate the subjective truth of those claims—a …

Background COVID-19 misinformation is a danger to public health. A range of formats are
used by health campaigns to correct beliefs but data on their effectiveness is limited. We …

In this paper, I propose a new take on manipulation that focuses on the hearer's cognitive
processing of manipulative utterances, thereby avoiding some of the descriptive and …

Jenny McCarthy is a popular and successful US TV show host, actress, and author. She is
also the mother of a child diagnosed with autism, which has inspired her to become an …

Abstract Systems of beliefs organized around religion, politics, and health constitute the
building blocks of human communities. One central feature of these collectively held beliefs …

When making rapid judgments about the truth of a claim, related nonprobative information
leads people to believe the claim—an effect called “truthiness”(Newman, Garry, Bernstein …