Why Do We Fall For Fake News? with Dr. Nadia Brashier
Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness
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Misinformation and the Psychology Behind It
i started studying misinformation and false beliefs before the 20 16 election, actually. So i've been interested in these kind of weird beliefs that people since i was an undergra so i came into grad school like, this is what i want to work on. There are just, you know, misinformation is misinformation, but i think that the motives behind this information is different for everyone. And one thing that you had just said was like,you know, i'm an expert in this, and even i fall for misinformation. When i was reading your fierce io, you're a assistant professor of psychological sciences. How do you conduct experiment? We take true and false headlines, and usually we're careful
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