Antonio A. Aréchar
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Antonio A. Aréchar
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Behavioural Economist | Research methods, misinformation, and cooperation
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📜 Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

🧑‍🔬 Antonio A. Arechar, Gordon Pennycook & David G. Rand et al.

📔 Nature Human Behaviour

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents - Nature Human Beh...
Across 16 countries, this research finds consistent cognitive and social predictors of COVID-19 misinformation susceptibility, and shows how accuracy prompts and literacy tips reduce misinformation sh...
www.nature.com
October 13, 2023 at 12:25 PM
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🚨Out in PNAS🚨
Know that influential finding that more numerate ppl are more politically biased?

We did NOT replicate it in large probability sample
Across 5 issues, more numeracy = more correct ans

Tho political alignment DID have main effect (controlling for priors)

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
September 21, 2023 at 9:07 PM
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New Epstein, Arechar, and Rand testing perceptions of different labels for AI-generated content
psyarxiv.com/v4mfz
July 28, 2023 at 8:32 PM
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Who falls for misinformation around the globe?

Individuals with high analytic cognitive style, accuracy motivations, and valuing of democracy are better at discerning misinformation from true claims. Really fascinating paper that looks at 16 countries across 6 continents.
September 22, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Hello World! #myfirstpost 😀
September 28, 2023 at 3:15 PM