This introduction to the special issue Understanding the Public Understanding of Science:
Psychological Approaches discusses some of the challenges people face in understanding …

The Internet offers readers the unique opportunity to access rich information scenarios, but
doing so requires the use of advanced digital reading skills. Examples of such scenarios are …

Science popularization fulfills the important task of making scientific knowledge
understandable and accessible for the lay public. However, the simplification of information …

This chapter reviews the processing of provenance information in the context of the public
engagement with science. It discusses the several conceptual and terminological ideas that …

Learners may increasingly encounter conflicting expert reports. However, little is known
about how they deal with this challenge. We examined how learners' familiarity with a …

Easily comprehensible summaries of scholarly articles that are provided alongside
'ordinary'scientific abstracts, so-called plain language summaries, can be a powerful tool for …

The science on controversial topics is often heatedly discussed on social media, a potential
problem for social-media-based science communicators. Therefore, two exploratory studies …

Frau A., Mutter von Peter, macht sich Sorgen. Peter ist gerade eingeschult worden und er
geht gerne zur Schule, aber er kommt ihr so zappelig vor. Er ist oft unaufmerksam und hört …

Background One of people's major motives for going online is the search for health-related
information. Most consumers start their search with a general search engine but are …

When laypeople read controversial scientific information in order to make a personally
relevant decision, information on the source is a valuable resource with which to evaluate …