Spelling Errors in Brief Computer-Mediated Texts Implicitly Lead to Linearly Additive Penalties in Trustworthiness

Spelling Errors in Brief Computer-Mediated Texts Implicitly Lead to Linearly Additive Penalties in Trustworthiness

BackgroundSpelling errors in documents lead to reduced trustworthiness, but the mechanism for weighing the psychological assessment (i.e., integrative versus dichotomous) has not been elucidated. We instructed participants to rate content of texts, revealing that their implicit trustworthiness judgm...

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Main Authors: Harry J. Witchel, Christopher I. Jones, Georgina A. Thompson, Carina E. I. Westling, Juan Romero, Alessia Nicotra, Bruno Maag, Hugo D. Critchley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
spelling errors
typographic errors
orthographic errors
writing mechanics
trustworthiness
credibility
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873844/full

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