Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news
Abstract What is the role of emotion in susceptibility to believing fake news? Prior work on the psychology of misinformation has focused primarily on the extent to which reason and deliberation hinder versus help the formation of accurate beliefs. Several studies have suggested that people who enga...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Cognitive Research |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41235-020-00252-3 |