Author: Brashier, Nadia M.; Eliseev, Emmaline Drew; Marsh, Elizabeth J.
Description: News stories, advertising campaigns, and political propaganda often repeat misleading claims, increasing their persuasive power. Repeated statements feel easier to process, and thus truer, than new ones. Surprisingly, this illusory truth effect occurs even when claims contradict young adults’ stored knowledge (e.g., repeating “The fastest land animal is the leopard” makes it more believable). In four experiments, we tackled this problem by prompting people to behave like fact checkers. Focusing on accuracy at exposure (giving initial truth ratings) wiped out the illusion later
Subject headings: Illusory truth; Fact checking; Repeated statements; Propaganda; Advertising; Misinformation; Disinformation
Publication year: 2020
Journal or book title: Cognition
Volume: 194
Pages: 104054
Find the full text: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0010027719302276
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