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Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning
Cognition · 2018 · Vol. 188 · pp. 39–50
Gordon Pennycook✉(Yale University)David G. Rand(Yale University)
Misinformation and Its ImpactsMedia Influence and HealthSocial Media and PoliticsHeadlineMotivated reasoningIdeologyConfirmation biasPsychologySocial psychologyDiscernmentFake newsPoliticsTest (biology)
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AdultFemaleHumansDeceptionMaleMotivationPersuasive CommunicationPoliticsProblem SolvingIntuition
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