Dustin Calvillo
@dcalvillo.bsky.social
Professor and cognitive psychologist @CSUSM researching misinformation and memory
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The quality and reliability of information people are exposed to is a major social determinant of health, like income or education. Improving information environments is essential to combat misinformation, reduce health inequities, and improve health outcomes.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Misinformation, trust, and health: The case for information environment as a major independent social determinant of health
We argue for the inclusion of information environment as a major independent element in social determinants of health (SDoH) models. During the early …
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July 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The quality and reliability of information people are exposed to is a major social determinant of health, like income or education. Improving information environments is essential to combat misinformation, reduce health inequities, and improve health outcomes.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How We Can All Respond to Misinformation academic.oup.com/book/60489 by @leticiabode.bsky.social @ekvraga.bsky.social
Needed: "...correcting publicly to build social norms around responding to misinformation."
Platforms must "promote corrections & take action against toxic behaviors."
Needed: "...correcting publicly to build social norms around responding to misinformation."
Platforms must "promote corrections & take action against toxic behaviors."
June 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
How We Can All Respond to Misinformation academic.oup.com/book/60489 by @leticiabode.bsky.social @ekvraga.bsky.social
Needed: "...correcting publicly to build social norms around responding to misinformation."
Platforms must "promote corrections & take action against toxic behaviors."
Needed: "...correcting publicly to build social norms around responding to misinformation."
Platforms must "promote corrections & take action against toxic behaviors."
“Overall, we found that the early studies on this topic have often produced inconclusive findings regarding the existence of uniquely persuasive or convincing effects of deepfake exposure.” journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Can deepfakes manipulate us? Assessing the evidence via a critical scoping review
Deepfakes are one of the most recent developments in misinformation technology and are capable of superimposing one person’s face onto another in video format. The potential of this technology to defa...
journals.plos.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“Overall, we found that the early studies on this topic have often produced inconclusive findings regarding the existence of uniquely persuasive or convincing effects of deepfake exposure.” journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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“Bypassing” is a promising strategy for countering misinformation by sharing truthful, positively framed statements instead of direct corrections. New research shows it can correct misperceptions effectively, especially when people are still open to learning.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...
Is There a Better Way to Fight Misinformation?
What if the best way to counter misinformation isn’t arguing facts, but offering better truths instead?
www.psychologytoday.com
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Bypassing” is a promising strategy for countering misinformation by sharing truthful, positively framed statements instead of direct corrections. New research shows it can correct misperceptions effectively, especially when people are still open to learning.
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misg...
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Unfortunately, the NSF grant that supports our work has been terminated. This is a setback, but our mission has not changed. We will continue to work hard on making cognitive science a more inclusive field. Stay tuned for upcoming events.
April 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Unfortunately, the NSF grant that supports our work has been terminated. This is a setback, but our mission has not changed. We will continue to work hard on making cognitive science a more inclusive field. Stay tuned for upcoming events.
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This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
April 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This statement from the NSF is insane.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
Science is, in essence, designed to separate the true from the false.
Understanding how falsehoods spread is key to the scientific endeavor. It is not a violation of free speech to be proven wrong.
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In this new Registered Report, Gligorić et al. identify partisan differences in trust in scientists in the U.S. and find that several interventions fail to increase trust among conservatives.
https://www.nature.c...
#trustinscientists #scientists #ideology #trust
https://www.nature.c...
#trustinscientists #scientists #ideology #trust
Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
In this Registered Report, Gligorić et al. find that liberals in the USA tend to have higher trust in most scientists compared with conservatives. However, they find no evidence that a series of interventions improve conservatives’ trust in scientists.
www.nature.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In this new Registered Report, Gligorić et al. identify partisan differences in trust in scientists in the U.S. and find that several interventions fail to increase trust among conservatives.
https://www.nature.c...
#trustinscientists #scientists #ideology #trust
https://www.nature.c...
#trustinscientists #scientists #ideology #trust
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📈New #PSPB research reveals cognitive reflection and open-minded thinking protect against misinformation, while conspiracy mentality increases susceptibility. Truth sensitivity matters more than bias in determining who falls for false information.
📖: ow.ly/580Q50VA86S
📖: ow.ly/580Q50VA86S
April 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📈New #PSPB research reveals cognitive reflection and open-minded thinking protect against misinformation, while conspiracy mentality increases susceptibility. Truth sensitivity matters more than bias in determining who falls for false information.
📖: ow.ly/580Q50VA86S
📖: ow.ly/580Q50VA86S
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New study finds that most people say others should put in high effort to respond to misinformation on social media, but they usually don’t follow through themselves. People are more likely to act when the person posting the misinformation is a close contact.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A path forward on online misinformation mitigation based on current user behavior - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A path forward on online misinformation mitigation based on current user behavior
www.nature.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
New study finds that most people say others should put in high effort to respond to misinformation on social media, but they usually don’t follow through themselves. People are more likely to act when the person posting the misinformation is a close contact.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
March 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Kaufmann: DOGE claims to have found Social Security loans going to 11 year olds and under. It's a survivor benefit annuity to young children whose parents have passed. That's the problem billionaires without a clue doing a job they don't understand
“Our studies demonstrate that both partisans, generally, and strong partisans, specifically, presented with coherence-inducing news stories containing misinformation exerted less metacognitive effort, tended to overestimate the accuracy of the news stories, and agreed more with those news stories.”
March 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Our studies demonstrate that both partisans, generally, and strong partisans, specifically, presented with coherence-inducing news stories containing misinformation exerted less metacognitive effort, tended to overestimate the accuracy of the news stories, and agreed more with those news stories.”
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New research shows that memory strength, not just motivation, is the key to long-term misinformation resistance, with text- and video-based interventions proving more durable than game-based approaches.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/fighting-m... #MisinfoResearch
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/fighting-m... #MisinfoResearch
Fighting Misinformation: Why Memory Matters More Than Motivation
New research explores the power of memory-based interventions
matthewfacciani.substack.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New research shows that memory strength, not just motivation, is the key to long-term misinformation resistance, with text- and video-based interventions proving more durable than game-based approaches.
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/fighting-m... #MisinfoResearch
matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/fighting-m... #MisinfoResearch
“Reflection reduced Democrats’ willingness to spread fake news, yet it did not affect Republicans.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Does reflection increase accuracy rather than bias in the assessments of political fake news? - Current Psychology
The literature emphasizes two theoretical frameworks to explain the psychological mechanisms underlying belief in political fake news: motivated vs. reflective reasoning. The motivated reasoning accou...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“Reflection reduced Democrats’ willingness to spread fake news, yet it did not affect Republicans.” link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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“This is an assault, not on just one little group of researchers, this is saying certain kinds of knowledge is not to be supported by the government.”
The Trump administration is actively breaking the law.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
The Trump administration is actively breaking the law.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
NIH abruptly terminates millions in research grants, defying court orders - The Boston Globe
The sweeping actions would appear to violate court rulings from federal judges in Rhode Island and Washington, D.C.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
“This is an assault, not on just one little group of researchers, this is saying certain kinds of knowledge is not to be supported by the government.”
The Trump administration is actively breaking the law.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
The Trump administration is actively breaking the law.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/m...
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Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
February 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Representation without taxation for a handful of billionaires, taxation without representation for the rest of us.
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🚨New WP🚨
Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
🚨New WP🚨
Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Remember Musk+Zuck+Trump+Jordan etc crying fact-checker bias b/c Reps were flagged more than Dems? We analyzed Community Notes on Musk's X and guess what: posts flagged as "misleading" are 67% more likely to be written by Reps! The issue is Reps, not fact-checkers...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Does fact-checking work? What the science says www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social: "Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.”
Yes, complex. Need to learn more. But need all tools!
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social: "Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.”
Yes, complex. Need to learn more. But need all tools!
Does fact-checking work? What the science says
Meta’s planned shift away from third-party fact-checking on Facebook in favour of a crowdsourced approach has perplexed those who study the spread of misinformation.
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Does fact-checking work? What the science says www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social: "Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.”
Yes, complex. Need to learn more. But need all tools!
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social: "Studies provide very consistent evidence that fact-checking does at least partially reduce misperceptions about false claims.”
Yes, complex. Need to learn more. But need all tools!
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New summer institute for up-and-coming scholars across disciplines whose work investigates or intersects with disinformation: disinfoinstitute.org
The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.
The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.
Disinformation Summer Institute (DSI) - Disinformation Summer Institute
Disinformation Disinformation is false or misleading information created and spread to advance policy, political, economic or ideological goals. It is sometimes used by industries, governments, and ot...
disinfoinstitute.org
January 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
New summer institute for up-and-coming scholars across disciplines whose work investigates or intersects with disinformation: disinfoinstitute.org
The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.
The first iteration will be this June in San Diego. Applications are due January 31.
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A new study reveals that the “illusion of objectivity” is a major factor in believing political misinformation. Partisans who viewed their own political side as unbiased and objective were, ironically, the most biased and least objective when assessing fake news.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org
January 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A new study reveals that the “illusion of objectivity” is a major factor in believing political misinformation. Partisans who viewed their own political side as unbiased and objective were, ironically, the most biased and least objective when assessing fake news.
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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New study finds that Brazilian participants are more likely to endorse a conspiracy theory when a political leader from their political group supports it.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MisinfoResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MisinfoResearch
Do Political Endorsements Affect Support for Conspiracy Theories?
Objectives This article examines how support for conspiracy theories is affected by political endorsement. By relying on the literature on partisan cues and the role of political identity (partisan ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New study finds that Brazilian participants are more likely to endorse a conspiracy theory when a political leader from their political group supports it.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MisinfoResearch
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #MisinfoResearch
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Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
December 19, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Out now - National Academies consensus report on Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science 🧪
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
It was a privilege to serve as one of the 15 committee members from a wide range of scientific disciplines who put this report together. Quick 🧵1/
www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/und...
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If—like me—you always wanted to hear @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and @hugoreasoning.bsky.social discuss *with each other* whether there *is* a misinformation crisis, the wait is over—hear them do just that an find out who persuaded whom (or not) in this @undark.org podcast: https://buff.ly/41A70KC
December 14, 2024 at 11:35 AM
If—like me—you always wanted to hear @profsanderlinden.bsky.social and @hugoreasoning.bsky.social discuss *with each other* whether there *is* a misinformation crisis, the wait is over—hear them do just that an find out who persuaded whom (or not) in this @undark.org podcast: https://buff.ly/41A70KC
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Truth or Dare? 🎲
Dare to check something is the truth before you share it. Make it a habit!
Dare to check something is the truth before you share it. Make it a habit!
December 11, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Truth or Dare? 🎲
Dare to check something is the truth before you share it. Make it a habit!
Dare to check something is the truth before you share it. Make it a habit!
Reposted by Dustin Calvillo
🚨New WP🚨
We examine news sharing on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)But low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE, even BlueSky!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We examine news sharing on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)But low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE, even BlueSky!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 9, 2024 at 7:48 PM
🚨New WP🚨
We examine news sharing on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)But low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE, even BlueSky!
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We examine news sharing on 7 platforms:
1)Right-leaning platforms=lower quality news
2)Echo-platforms: Right-leaning news gets more engagement on right-leaning platforms, vice-versa for left-leaning
3)But low-quality news gets more engagement EVERYWHERE, even BlueSky!
osf.io/preprints/ps...