False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts

False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts

People are often exposed to fake news. Such an exposure to misleading information might lead to false memory creation. We examined whether people can form false memories for COVID-19-related fake news. Furthermore, we investigated which individual factors might predict false memory formation for fak...

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Main Authors: Ivan Mangiulli, Fabiana Battista, Nadja Abdel Kafi, Eline Coveliers, Theodore Carlson Webster, Antonietta Curci, Henry Otgaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
false memories
COVID-19
fake news
conspiratorial content
individual differences
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.972004/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.972004/full

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