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Can Warnings Reduce Truthiness?

Although providing a warning to people about truth ahead of time can improve accuracy in differentiating between true and false claims, the truthiness effect itself is not reduced (the likeliness of perceiving claims paired with photos as true). Non-probative photos remain extremely influential in how people assess the veracity of information they are presented with, yet many are completely unaware of this.

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Updated 2021-06-11

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