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A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Teaching students about information literacy can help them determine what kinds of practices make news reports trustworthy.
As elections approach – and even after they’re done – there’s a lot of confusing, and deliberately misleading, information out there. Learn how to protect yourself.
Here are some reasons for the natural human tendency to avoid or reject new information that runs counter to what you already know – and some tips on how to do better.
Preclinical studies are an important part of biomedical research, often guiding future trials in humans. Failure to replicate research results suggests a need to increase the quality of studies.
We’ve all heard an exasperated “do your research!” from people who want to persuade us to accept their claim or point of view. The problem is it’s not likely to convince anyone.
To help increase trust in vaccines, researchers analyzed data on adverse events to address safety concerns, and then used cognitive science to show how cognitive biases feed vaccine hesitancy.
Science denial is not new, but researchers have learned a lot about it. Here’s why it exists, how everyone is susceptible to it in one way or another and steps to take to overcome it.
A social psychologist explains how to avoid being misled, and how to prevent yourself – and others – from spreading inaccurate information.
Whenever you hear about a new bit of science news, these suggestions will help you assess whether it’s more fact or fiction.
Cognitive shortcuts help you efficiently move through a complicated world. But they come with an unwelcome side effect: Facts aren’t necessarily enough to change your mind.
To fight climate change, we need to take people’s cognitive biases into account.
Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning.’
Involving family and friends in decisions or rethinking the meaning of “getting back to normal” helps protect against cognitive bias and its harmful consequences.
Fear is a central emotional response during a pandemic and it’s why most people have complied with lockdown conditions. But as anxiety eases and boredom sets in, people’s resolution may fray.
Media reports are starting to directly connect climate change to its weather effects in local communities. But how you respond to those linkages depends on what you already think about climate change.
A new statistical test lets researchers search for similarities between groups. Could this help keep new important findings out of the file drawer?
The ‘illumination hypothesis’ – suggests that criminals like enough light to ply their trade, but not so much as to increase their chance of apprehension.
We can’t simply try to work out what’s going to happen during the fourth industrial revolution.
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Research Assistant Professor, Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University
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Director of External Research for frank, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Associate Research Professor of Social Psychology, Louisiana State University
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Science Communication and Chemistry, University of Hull
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Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
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Researcher, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Neuroscience in Melbourne, Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
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Research Director, Center for Public Interest Communications, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
