Misinformation and Its Correction: Continued Influence and Successful Debiasing

Psychological Science in the Public Interest, Supplement

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 106-131

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a   Ecker, Ullrich K H ^a   Seifert, Colleen M ^b   Schwarz, Norbert ^b   Cook, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

debiasing; false beliefs; memory updating; misinformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867886656     PISSN: 15291006     EISSN: 15396053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1529100612451018     Document Type: Article

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