Enhancing misinformation correction: New variants and a combination of awareness training and counter-speech to mitigate belief perseverance bias.

Belief perseverance bias refers to individuals' tendency to persevere in biased opinions even after the misinformation that initially shaped those opinions has been retracted. This study contributes to research on reducing the negative impact of misinformation by mitigating the belief persevera...

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Main Authors: Jana Siebert, Johannes Ulrich Siebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0299139&type=printable