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Negativity Bias and Truth Judgements

Humans are more likely to think that a negatively phrased statement is true than a positively phrased one when the content is the same.

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Updated 2021-12-10

Contributors are:

Megan Rush
Megan Rush
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Who are from:

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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References


  • Can that be true or is it fake news? New perspectives on the negativity bias in judgments of truth

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Psychology

Social Science

Empirical Science

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  • How do individuals judge truth?

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