Limits of Functional Illiteracy in Explaining Human Misinformation: the Knowledge Illusion, Values, and the Dual Process Theory of Thought

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Journal Front Psychol

Date 2024 Apr 23

PMID 38650898

Authors

Giorgio Gronchi

Axel Perini

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