Mental Immunity Project
@mentalimmunity.bsky.social
The Mental Immunity Project is an educational campaign by the Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative and Thinking Is Power.
https://linktr.ee/mentalimmunityproject
https://linktr.ee/mentalimmunityproject
What's the big deal with conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking? Check out the graphics, which are part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more or teaching about conspiracy theories? Check out our lesson plan on conspiracy theories: mentalimmunityproject.org/conspiracy-t...
Interested in learning more or teaching about conspiracy theories? Check out our lesson plan on conspiracy theories: mentalimmunityproject.org/conspiracy-t...
March 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What's the big deal with conspiracy theories and conspiratorial thinking? Check out the graphics, which are part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more or teaching about conspiracy theories? Check out our lesson plan on conspiracy theories: mentalimmunityproject.org/conspiracy-t...
Interested in learning more or teaching about conspiracy theories? Check out our lesson plan on conspiracy theories: mentalimmunityproject.org/conspiracy-t...
"Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar" today (March 12) at 7 pm EDT, this is a FREE webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Digital Inquiry Group for a free webinar on Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy lessons.
zoom.us
March 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar" today (March 12) at 7 pm EDT, this is a FREE webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group. Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
What is pseudoscience and why is it a mind bug? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more about how to recognize pseudoscience? Check out our lesson plan about health pseudoscience: mentalimmunityproject.org/health-pseud...
Interested in learning more about how to recognize pseudoscience? Check out our lesson plan about health pseudoscience: mentalimmunityproject.org/health-pseud...
February 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What is pseudoscience and why is it a mind bug? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more about how to recognize pseudoscience? Check out our lesson plan about health pseudoscience: mentalimmunityproject.org/health-pseud...
Interested in learning more about how to recognize pseudoscience? Check out our lesson plan about health pseudoscience: mentalimmunityproject.org/health-pseud...
Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy, an upcoming free webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy Webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join the Digital Inquiry Group for a free webinar on Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy lessons.
zoom.us
February 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Reading Like a Historian with Digital Literacy, an upcoming free webinar by the Digital Inquiry Group
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Check out our latest FREE lesson plan about tribalism! mentalimmunityproject.org/tribalism-le...
Tribalism Lesson Plan - Mental Immunity Project
The Tribalism Lesson Plan is designed for educators who are seeking to inoculate their students against in-group & out-group biases.
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February 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Check out our latest FREE lesson plan about tribalism! mentalimmunityproject.org/tribalism-le...
Advice for boosting mental immunity from one of the fathers of psychology, William James
February 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Advice for boosting mental immunity from one of the fathers of psychology, William James
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My latest column just appeared in Science, entitled "Free speech, fact-checking, and the right to accurate information”. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) I use one of President Trump’s first executive orders to unpack the terrain between misinformation and claims to free speech 1/n
Free speech, fact checking, and the right to accurate information
True to his campaign promises, on 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump signed a broad range of Executive Orders, the scope of which ranged from renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” t...
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February 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My latest column just appeared in Science, entitled "Free speech, fact-checking, and the right to accurate information”. (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...) I use one of President Trump’s first executive orders to unpack the terrain between misinformation and claims to free speech 1/n
More from our mind bugs collection: #MoralPanics
What other mind bugs do you think we should cover? To see all the ones we've covered so far, visit our Instagram www.instagram.com/mentalimmuni...
What other mind bugs do you think we should cover? To see all the ones we've covered so far, visit our Instagram www.instagram.com/mentalimmuni...
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
More from our mind bugs collection: #MoralPanics
What other mind bugs do you think we should cover? To see all the ones we've covered so far, visit our Instagram www.instagram.com/mentalimmuni...
What other mind bugs do you think we should cover? To see all the ones we've covered so far, visit our Instagram www.instagram.com/mentalimmuni...
We live in the information age, but it's often difficult figuring out what to trust. That's why the Mental Immunity Project and other organizations like @newslit.org exist. One of the most important ways to get better at navigating the sea of information is by learning #NewsLiteracy skills.
February 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We live in the information age, but it's often difficult figuring out what to trust. That's why the Mental Immunity Project and other organizations like @newslit.org exist. One of the most important ways to get better at navigating the sea of information is by learning #NewsLiteracy skills.
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📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY!
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
February 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📢 National #NewsLiteracyWeek in partnership with @ewscrippsco.bsky.social & @usatoday.com begins TODAY!
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
✨ Whether you're an educator or not, you can make a difference in young people's lives by empowering them to identify credible information.
🔗 Get involved & share: newsliteracyweek.org
Next week is National News Literacy Week! The News Literacy Project (@newslit.org) will be hosting free webinars throughout the week. Visit their website to learn more. Let's spread the word about the importance of news literacy!
newslit.org/news-literac...
newslit.org/news-literac...
January 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Next week is National News Literacy Week! The News Literacy Project (@newslit.org) will be hosting free webinars throughout the week. Visit their website to learn more. Let's spread the word about the importance of news literacy!
newslit.org/news-literac...
newslit.org/news-literac...
We highly recommend this fantastic FREE online course by our friend @anthonymagnabosco.bsky.social. It is top notch.
www.navigatingbeliefs.com
#learn #navigatingbeliefs #beliefs #onlinecourse #freecourse #mooc #free #criticalthinking
www.navigatingbeliefs.com
#learn #navigatingbeliefs #beliefs #onlinecourse #freecourse #mooc #free #criticalthinking
January 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We highly recommend this fantastic FREE online course by our friend @anthonymagnabosco.bsky.social. It is top notch.
www.navigatingbeliefs.com
#learn #navigatingbeliefs #beliefs #onlinecourse #freecourse #mooc #free #criticalthinking
www.navigatingbeliefs.com
#learn #navigatingbeliefs #beliefs #onlinecourse #freecourse #mooc #free #criticalthinking
Our latest Substack post, a short essay by @drandyno.bsky.social went up today, read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
January 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our latest Substack post, a short essay by @drandyno.bsky.social went up today, read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
How can you recognize rigid ideologies and why are they mind bugs? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more about mental immunity? Check out our website mentalimmunityproject.org
Interested in learning more about mental immunity? Check out our website mentalimmunityproject.org
January 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
How can you recognize rigid ideologies and why are they mind bugs? Check out the graphics, part of our #MindBugs series.
Interested in learning more about mental immunity? Check out our website mentalimmunityproject.org
Interested in learning more about mental immunity? Check out our website mentalimmunityproject.org
National News Literacy Week 2025
YouTube video by News Literacy Project
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January 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is a clip from our video on how to recognize pseudoscience by @thinkingpowers.bsky.social
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4fvmNmtZP20?...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4fvmNmtZP20?...
January 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a clip from our video on how to recognize pseudoscience by @thinkingpowers.bsky.social
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4fvmNmtZP20?...
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/4fvmNmtZP20?...
Quote from our collaborator Sander van der Liden, PhD @profsanderlinden.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Quote from our collaborator Sander van der Liden, PhD @profsanderlinden.bsky.social
How disinformation spreads on social media.
January 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How disinformation spreads on social media.
The internet isn't going to let up, are you?
Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation!
#simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation
Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation!
#simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation
January 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The internet isn't going to let up, are you?
Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation!
#simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation
Visit mentalimmunityproject.org to enhance your resilience to misinformation!
#simpsonsmeme #meme #criticalthinking #learning #misinformation
Do Minds Have Immune Systems: Our academic paper answering the question
Here's our press release about our theoretical psychology paper on cognitive immunology: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
Here's our press release about our theoretical psychology paper on cognitive immunology: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Do Minds Have Immune Systems: Our academic paper answering the question
Here's our press release about our theoretical psychology paper on cognitive immunology: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
Here's our press release about our theoretical psychology paper on cognitive immunology: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
December 30, 2024 at 4:19 PM
As we approach the end of 2024, please consider donating to the Mental Immunity Project. You can do so here: donorbox.org/mental-immun...
December 23, 2024 at 4:15 AM
As we approach the end of 2024, please consider donating to the Mental Immunity Project. You can do so here: donorbox.org/mental-immun...
For a concise overview of our recently published paper by @drandyno.bsky.social @lukehj.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social go here: www.growkudos.com/publications...
Do minds have immune systems? In a bold new paper we lay out a theory that the mind has evolved cognitive defenses that ward off disruptive information. We call for empirical work to advance the emerging field of "cognitive immunology".
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
For a concise overview of our recently published paper by @drandyno.bsky.social @lukehj.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social go here: www.growkudos.com/publications...
Our latest Substack post, an essay from our director Andy Norman, was posted today. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
December 18, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Our latest Substack post, an essay from our director Andy Norman, was posted today. Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/mentalim...
To some people, the concept of mental immunity makes them uncomfortable. The analogies we use make people think about vaccine mandates and top-down control of information. The fact of the matter is this: improving your mental immunity is your own choice, we're just working to help you do so.
December 17, 2024 at 4:13 PM
To some people, the concept of mental immunity makes them uncomfortable. The analogies we use make people think about vaccine mandates and top-down control of information. The fact of the matter is this: improving your mental immunity is your own choice, we're just working to help you do so.