There has been increasing concern with the growing infusion of misinformation, or “fake
news”, into public discourse and politics in many western democracies. Our article first …

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …

The internet has become a popular resource to learn about health and to investigate one's
own health condition. However, given the large amount of inaccurate information online …

Although commentators frequently warn about echo chambers, little is known about the
volume or slant of political misinformation that people consume online, the effects of social …

Misinformation occurs when people hold incorrect factual beliefs and do so confidently. The
problem, first conceptualized by Kuklinski and colleagues in 2000, plagues political systems …

While there is overwhelming scientific agreement on climate change, the public has become
polarized over fundamental questions such as human-caused global warming …

Timely implementation of principles of evidence-based public health (EBPH) is critical for
bridging the gap between discovery of new knowledge and its application. Public health …

Misinformation often continues to influence people's memory and inferential reasoning after
it has been retracted; this is known as the continued influence effect (CIE). Previous …

Misinformation can influence personal and societal decisions in detrimental ways. Not only
is misinformation challenging to correct, but even when individuals accept corrective …

The digital age has seen a rise in digital hoarding behavior, which is defined as the behavior
of accumulating digital files, resulting in stress and disorder. However, little is known about …