- A reason why people continue to believe in misinformation, despite attempted refutations, is that hearing about it causes them to remember it as true, due to the familiarity backfire effect. Accounting for this when presenting corrective information increases the effectiveness of debunking attempts. https://effectiviology.com/familiarity-backfire-effect/ 4 comments cogsci
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- The Overkill Backfire Effect: On The Danger of Presenting Too Much Evidence – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/overkill-backfire-effect/ 760 comments
- The Backfire Effect: Why Facts Don’t Always Change Minds – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/ 22 comments
- The Rhyme-as-Reason Effect: Why Rhyming Makes Messages More Persuasive – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/rhyme-as-reason/ 10 comments
- The Availability Cascade: How Information Spreads on a Large Scale – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/availability-cascade/ 0 comments
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- The Overkill Backfire Effect: On The Danger of Presenting Too Much Evidence – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/overkill-backfire-effect/ 760 comments
- The Backfire Effect: Why Facts Don’t Always Change Minds – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/backfire-effect-facts-dont-change-minds/ 22 comments
- The Rhyme-as-Reason Effect: Why Rhyming Makes Messages More Persuasive – Effectiviology https://effectiviology.com/rhyme-as-reason/ 10 comments
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/bjop.12383 9 comments
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