Focusing on truth discernment may hot help overcome misinformation

2025 · doi:10.31234/osf.io/kmzsj_v3
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This paper examines the impact of focusing on truth discernment and finds that it does not effectively overcome misinformation.

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Scientists increasingly assess interventions against misinformation mainly via truth discernment. However, pursuing truth discernment may not be sufficiently beneficial to society if interventions do not improve behaviour and other outcomes.

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