Educators have been increasingly concerned with what can be done about “post-truth”
problems—that is, threats to people's abilities to know what is true—such as the spread of …

Researchers, policy makers and science communicators have become increasingly been
interested in factors that affect public's trust in science. Recently, one such potentially …

Unintended consequences of deployed AI systems fueled the call for more interpretability in
AI systems. Often explainable AI (XAI) systems provide users with simplifying local …

Certain science‐related topics elicit persistent public controversy, such as routine childhood
vaccinations and anthropogenic climate change. Many people are misinformed about the …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

Text comprehension theories propose that readers try to achieve a coherent representation
of the situation depicted in a text. When reading multiple texts on the same topic, however …

When seeking information not covered in patient-friendly documents, healthcare consumers
may turn to the research literature. Reading medical papers, however, can be a challenging …

In this experiment (N= 650), we examine the negative consequences of jargon on
individuals' perceptions of emerging scientific technology and aim to explain these effects …

With the emergence of the Internet, social media and video platforms are gaining
considerable influence on the traditional media landscape in general and on science …

Curiosity is a wonder of the human mind. It goes to the heart of modernity, as a driving force
for learning, novel insights, and innovation, both for individuals and communities. In …