Gordon Pennycook
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Recent Articles
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Costello T, Pennycook G, Rand D
Science
. 2025 Mar;
387(6739):1158.
PMID: 40080566
No abstract available.
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Lin H, Savio M, Huang X, Steiger M, Guevara R, Szostak D, et al.
PNAS Nexus
. 2024 Nov;
3(11):pgae481.
PMID: 39564570
Content moderators review problematic content for technology companies. One concern is that repeated exposure to false claims could cause moderators to come to believe the very claims they are supposed...
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Pennycook G, Berinsky A, Bhargava P, Lin H, Cole R, Goldberg B, et al.
Nat Hum Behav
. 2024 Nov;
8(12):2330-2341.
PMID: 39496772
Misinformation is a major focus of intervention efforts. Psychological inoculation-an intervention intended to help people identify manipulation techniques-is being adopted at scale around the globe. Yet the efficacy of this...
4.
Stagnaro M, Pennycook G
Cognition
. 2024 Nov;
254:105989.
PMID: 39488154
Religious beliefs are among the most ubiquitous ideological beliefs in the world and often critical to people's worldview. Nonetheless, there is a great deal of variability in the strength and...
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Mosleh M, Yang Q, Zaman T, Pennycook G, Rand D
Nature
. 2024 Oct;
634(8034):609-616.
PMID: 39358507
In response to intense pressure, technology companies have enacted policies to combat misinformation. The enforcement of these policies has, however, led to technology companies being regularly accused of political bias....
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Costello T, Pennycook G, Rand D
Science
. 2024 Sep;
385(6714):eadq1814.
PMID: 39264999
Conspiracy theory beliefs are notoriously persistent. Influential hypotheses propose that they fulfill important psychological needs, thus resisting counterevidence. Yet previous failures in correcting conspiracy beliefs may be due to counterevidence...
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Bruns H, Dessart F, Krawczyk M, Lewandowsky S, Pantazi M, Pennycook G, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2024 Sep;
14(1):20723.
PMID: 39237648
Misinformation surrounding crises poses a significant challenge for public institutions. Understanding the relative effectiveness of different types of interventions to counter misinformation, and which segments of the population are most...
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Ghezae I, Jordan J, Gainsburg I, Mosleh M, Pennycook G, Willer R, et al.
PNAS Nexus
. 2024 Aug;
3(8):pgae287.
PMID: 39192847
A frequently invoked explanation for the sharing of false over true political information is that partisans are motivated by their reputations. In particular, it is often argued that by indiscriminately...
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Kozyreva A, Lorenz-Spreen P, Herzog S, Ecker U, Lewandowsky S, Hertwig R, et al.
Nat Hum Behav
. 2024 May;
8(6):1044-1052.
PMID: 38740990
The spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of society, including public health and the state of democracies. One approach to mitigating the effect of misinformation...
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Martel C, Rathje S, Clark C, Pennycook G, Van Bavel J, Rand D, et al.
Psychol Sci
. 2024 Mar;
35(4):435-450.
PMID: 38506937
The spread of misinformation is a pressing societal challenge. Prior work shows that shifting attention to accuracy increases the quality of people's news-sharing decisions. However, researchers disagree on whether accuracy-prompt...