Toby D Pilditch
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Pilditch T, Roozenbeek J, Madsen J, van der Linden S
R Soc Open Sci
. 2022 Aug;
9(8):211953.
PMID: 35958086
The unchecked spread of misinformation is recognized as an increasing threat to public, scientific and democratic health. Online networks are a contributing cause of this spread, with echo chambers and...
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Connor Desai S, Pilditch T, Madsen J
Cognition
. 2020 Oct;
205:104453.
PMID: 33011527
Misinformation has become an increasingly topical field of research. Studies on the 'Continued Influence Effect' (CIE) show that misinformation continues to influence reasoning despite subsequent retraction. Current explanatory theories of...
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Lau W, Shiran Y, Bailey R, Cook E, Stuchtey M, Koskella J, et al.
Science
. 2020 Jul;
369(6510):1455-1461.
PMID: 32703909
Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing problem. To estimate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce plastic pollution, we modeled stocks and flows of municipal solid waste and four sources...
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Pilditch T, Hahn U, Fenton N, Lagnado D
Cognition
. 2020 Jun;
204:104343.
PMID: 32599310
Whether assessing the accuracy of expert forecasting, the pros and cons of group communication, or the value of evidence in diagnostic or predictive reasoning, dependencies between experts, group members, or...
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Madsen J, Hahn U, Pilditch T
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn
. 2020 May;
46(9):1795-1805.
PMID: 32437188
In this article, we explore how people revise their belief in a hypothesis and the reliability of sources in circumstances where those sources are either independent or are partially dependent...
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Pilditch T, Lagator S, Lagnado D
J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn
. 2020 Jan;
47(1):11-28.
PMID: 31944808
How do we deal with unlikely witness testimonies? Whether in legal or everyday reasoning, corroborative evidence is generally considered a strong marker of support for the reported hypothesis. However, questions...
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Pilditch T, Madsen J, Custers R
Acta Psychol (Amst)
. 2019 Dec;
202:102956.
PMID: 31794860
Information from other sources can be beneficial or detrimental, depending on the veracity of the report. Along with prior beliefs and context, recipients have two main routes to determine veracity;...
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Lewandowsky S, Pilditch T, Madsen J, Oreskes N, Risbey J
Cognition
. 2019 Jan;
188:124-139.
PMID: 30686473
Some well-established scientific findings may be rejected by vocal minorities because the evidence is in conflict with political views or economic interests. For example, the tobacco industry denied the medical...
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Pilditch T, Fenton N, Lagnado D
Psychol Sci
. 2019 Jan;
30(2):250-260.
PMID: 30597122
There are many instances, both in professional domains such as law, forensics, and medicine and in everyday life, in which an effect (e.g., a piece of evidence or event) has...
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Madsen J, Bailey R, Pilditch T
Sci Rep
. 2018 Aug;
8(1):12391.
PMID: 30120276
Echo chambers (ECs) are enclosed epistemic circles where like-minded people communicate and reinforce pre-existing beliefs. It remains unclear if cognitive errors are necessarily required for ECs to emerge, and then...