Behavior
Why Repetition Feels Like Evidence
Familiarity is not proof.
The useful part
The only thing that counts is whether you checked.
Sources behind this episode
- Experimental mechanism paperEffects of Perceptual Fluency on Judgments of Truth
- Foundational experimental studyFrequency and the Conference of Referential Validity
- Experimental paperKnowledge Does Not Protect Against Illusory Truth
- Experimental applied studyPrior Exposure Increases Perceived Accuracy of Fake News
- Meta-analysisThe Truth About the Truth: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Truth Effect
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