A referential theory of the repetition-induced truth effect

Unkelbach, Christian; Rom, Sarah C.

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2016.12.016

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“…This in turn, may account for participants' better performance in the memory test. Another explanation of our findings can be drawn from the perspective of the referential theory of the illusory-truth effect (Unkelbach & Rom, 2017). According to this theory, coherence is a crucial factor in judgments of truth, so that statements that seem coherent to other knowledge one has, are judged as having a higher truth value.…”

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The Power of the Truth Bias: False Information Affects Memory and Judgment Even in the Absence of Distraction

Pantazi¹,

Kissine²,

Klein

2018

Social Cognition

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We are indebted to Klaus Fiedler, Cameron Brick, George Farmer, our editor and two anonymous reviewers for providing comments and suggestions that substantially improved this article. We are also grateful to Daniel Gilbert and his colleagues for making available the material of their original study, and to Huub van den Bergh for his help with mixed models. Special thanks to Katia Kissine and Eric Breton le Veel for being the speakers in our materials. This research was supported by the Mini-ARC "Project" grant, At the Sources of Faith, from the Université libre de Bruxelles.

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The Power of the Truth Bias: False Information Affects Memory and Judgment Even in the Absence of Distraction

Pantazi¹,

Kissine²,

Klein

2018

Social Cognition

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“…There is consensus that information processing operates through the individual's working memory (see e.g., Anderson, 1996;Hunt, 2011), which is highly positively related to general intelligence (Conway, Jarrold, Kane, Miyake, & Towse, 2007;Kyllonen, 1996). In addition to adequately processing information, it is also essential that no information gets lost; that is, that memory remains intact over time (Unkelbach & Rom, 2017, see also Garcia-Marques, Silva, Reber, & Unkelbach, 2015. In their delineation of the illusory truth effect, Dechêne et al (2010, p. 239) argued: 'By definition, the repetition-based truth effect is mediated by memory processes'.…”

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“…Compatible with this dominant processing fluency explanation, Unkelbach and Rom (2017) recently introduced a referential theory to further explain the illusory truth effect. The theory holds that, when an individual processes information (e.g.…”

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Investigating the robustness of the illusory truth effect across individual differences in cognitive ability, need for cognitive closure, and cognitive style

keersmaecker¹,

Dunning²,

Pennycook³

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People are more inclined to believe that information is true if they have encountered it before. Little is known about whether this illusory truth effect is influenced by individual differences in cognition. In seven studies (combined N = 2196), using both trivia statements (Studies 1-6) and partisan news headlines (Study 7), we investigate moderation by three factors that have been shown to play a critical role in epistemic processes: cognitive ability (Study 1, 2, 5), need for cognitive closure (Study 1), and cognitive style, that is, reliance on intuitive versus analytic thinking (Study 1, 3-7). All studies showed a significant illusory truth effect, but there was no evidence for moderation by any of the cognitive measures across studies. These results indicate that the illusory truth effect is robust to individual differences in cognitive ability, need for cognitive closure, and cognitive style.

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“…While judging whether the information is right or not is one of the most important tasks of people, as Gustave Le Bon points out in 1895, there is only one strong influence affecting such right judgments, which is repetition (Unkelbach and Rom, 2017).…”

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A Survey About University Students Perception of Post-Truth on Social Media

Yalçınkaya¹,

Dönmez²,

Aydin³

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The purpose of this paper is to survey university students' perception of posttruth on social media. The post-truth, which has been selected as the 'Word of the Year' by Oxford World Dictionaries in 2016, is a new technological era today. This new era especially effects students who have a habit of access information via social media. This survey is aimed to illustrate how university students evaluate the fake news appeared on social media and to reveal solutions about the possible negative effects of this era. The method involved in this survey is data collection from students, who represent the majority of social media users, with 5 Likert type scale questionnaires. Data has been collected from two-year degree, undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral university students who continue their studies in public and foundation universities in Turkey. There is not an existed scale to evaluate perception of post truth on social media. The existed scales are related to evaluate the technology addiction in psychology field. A standard scale has not been used and it is not aimed to develop a scale in this study.

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A referential theory of the repetition-induced truth effect

Cited by 110 publications

References 46 publications

The Power of the Truth Bias: False Information Affects Memory and Judgment Even in the Absence of Distraction

The Power of the Truth Bias: False Information Affects Memory and Judgment Even in the Absence of Distraction

Investigating the robustness of the illusory truth effect across individual differences in cognitive ability, need for cognitive closure, and cognitive style

A Survey About University Students Perception of Post-Truth on Social Media

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