The spread of misinformation poses a considerable threat to public health and the
successful management of a global pandemic. For example, studies find that exposure to …

Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

We synthesize a burgeoning literature investigating why people believe and share false or
highly misleading news online. Contrary to a common narrative whereby politics drives …

Humans have the capacity, but perhaps not always the willingness, for great intelligence.
From global warming to the spread of misinformation and beyond, our species is facing …

The 2016 US presidential election brought considerable attention to the phenomenon of
“fake news”: entirely fabricated and often partisan content that is presented as factual. Here …

Objective Fake news represents a particularly egregious and direct avenue by which
inaccurate beliefs have been propagated via social media. We investigate the psychological …

Deceptive claims surround us, embedded in fake news, advertisements, political
propaganda, and rumors. How do people know what to believe? Truth judgments reflect …

The coronavirus pandemic has seen a marked rise in medical disinformation across social
media. A variety of claims have garnered considerable traction, including the assertion that …

Winner of the SPSP Book Prize for the Promotion of Social and Personality Science• Winner
of the 2024 APA William James Book Award• Winner of the 2024 Harvard Goldsmith Book …

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 …