People who consume more news do not perform better when tasked with identifying misinformation. Age group did not affect news consumption or misinformation detection.

University of Delaware

Our social choices are informed by our memories of relevant situations. Older adults have more experiences, so CISDA posits that older adults have a richer pool of experiences to inform better decisions. 

The CISDA Model: Experience

Pehlivanoglu, D., Lighthall, N. R., Lin, T., Chi, K. J., Polk, R., Perez, E., Cahill, B. S., & Ebner, N. C. (2022). Aging in an “infodemic”: The role of analytical reasoning, affect, and news consumption frequency on news veracity detection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000426

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