You Don't Have to Believe Everything You Read: Background Knowledge Permits Fast and Efficient Validation of Information

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 538-558

  Richter, Tobias ^a   Schroeder, Sascha ^a   Wöhrmann, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

beliefs; comprehension; situation model; truth value; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING; RECUMBENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 62649132167     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014038     Document Type: Article

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