US President Donald Trump's administration is revising past editions of the nation's premier climate report -- its latest move to undermine the scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.

Whether an act seems ‘good’ depends on how you look at it. Brain research reveals what happens when the lens changes

¿Cómo decide nuestro cerebro si compartimos o no desinformación? Una investigación reciente relacionada con los circuitos neuronales sugiere que la desinformación cumple una función social, y que compartirla nos reafirma como miembros de un grupo.

¿Cómo decide nuestro cerebro si compartimos o no desinformación? Una investigación reciente relacionada con los circuitos neuronales sugiere que la desinformación cumple una función social, y que comp...

Abstract. Community-based fact-checking is a promising approach to fact-check social media content at scale. However, an understanding of whether users tru

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Recent instances of political violence have prompted concerns over the relationship between conspiracy theory beliefs and violence. Here, we examine the relationships between beliefs in various conspi...

Empathic Concern and Perspective-Taking Have Opposite Effects on Affective Polarization

As society evolves, individuals increasingly cooperate with both in-group members and out-group strangers, despite risks such as betrayal. Social iden…

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Article: The Diffusion and Reach of (Mis)Information on Facebook During the U.S. 2020 Election | Sociological Science | Posted December 11, 2024

These strategies are backed by social science and can increase the odds of your perspective actually being heard.

On average, Democrats and Republicans are farther apart ideologically today than at any time in the past 50 years.

Researchers show that large language models exhibit social identity biases similar to humans, having favoritism toward ingroups and hostility toward outgroups. These biases persist across models, trai...

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Objective Although violent extremism is often attributed to clinical (dysfunctional) dispositions, it is also possible that violent Jihadists might be clinically “normal” but bear certain personalit.....

Explore psychological resilience against misinformation and conspiracy beliefs with insights on interventions, mechanisms, and methodological advances.

State outlets, which put considerable resources into amassing millions of followers on Elon Musk’s social media platform, have recently seen their growth plateau.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

A new study found that "bypassing" can counter misinformation without direct confrontation.

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