The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs About Politics

Political Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 127-150

  Flynn, D J ^a   Nyhan, Brendan ^a   Reifler, Jason ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corrections; experiments; misinformation; misperceptions; motivated reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010888090     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pops.12394     Document Type: Article

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