How to Combat Health Misinformation: A Psychological Approach

Timing matters when correcting fake news

(2021) Nadia M. Brashier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Measuring the impact of COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on vaccination intent in the UK and USA

(2021) Sahil Loomba et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

(2021) Gordon Pennycook et al.   NATURE

The Psychology of Fake News

(2021) Gordon Pennycook et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Out-group animosity drives engagement on social media

(2021) Steve Rathje et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of brief exposure to misinformation about e-cigarette harms on twitter: a randomised controlled experiment

(2021) Caroline Wright et al.   BMJ Open

How Accurate Are Accuracy-Nudge Interventions? A Preregistered Direct Replication of Pennycook et al. (2020)

(2021) Jon Roozenbeek et al.   PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Inoculating against the spread of Islamophobic and radical-Islamist disinformation

(2021) Stephan Lewandowsky et al.   Cognitive Research-Principles and Implications

Birds of a feather are persuaded together: Perceived source credibility mediates the effect of political bias on misinformation susceptibility

(2021) Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg et al.   PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

(2020) Jay J. Van Bavel et al.   Nature Human Behaviour

Disentangling Item and Testing Effects in Inoculation Research on Online Misinformation: Solomon Revisited

(2020) Jon Roozenbeek et al.   EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT

Misinformation About Commercial Tobacco Products on Social Media—Implications and Research Opportunities for Reducing Tobacco-Related Health Disparities

(2020) Andy S. L. Tan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

(2020) Jon Roozenbeek et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Evaluation of a template for countering misinformation—Real-world Autism treatment myth debunking

(2019) Jessica Paynter et al.   PLoS One

Exposure and reach of the US court-mandated corrective statements advertising campaign on broadcast and social media

(2019) Ganna Kostygina et al.   TOBACCO CONTROL

Misleading Claims About Tobacco Products in YouTube Videos: Experimental Effects of Misinformation on Unhealthy Attitudes

(2018) Dolores Albarracin et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

The Partisan Brain: An Identity-Based Model of Political Belief

(2018) Jay J. Van Bavel et al.   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Emotion shapes the diffusion of moralized content in social networks

(2017) William J. Brady et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence

(2017) John Cook et al.   PLoS One

Debunking in a world of tribes

(2017) Fabiana Zollo et al.   PLoS One

The spreading of misinformation online

(2016) Michela Del Vicario et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Emotional Dynamics in the Age of Misinformation

(2015) Fabiana Zollo et al.   PLoS One