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Lowry, Mark; Trivedi, Neha; Boyd, Patrick; Julian, Anne; Treviño, Melissa; Lama, Yuki; Heley, Kathryn; Perna, Frank – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2022
Health misinformation is a problem on social media, and more understanding is needed about how users cognitively process it. In this study, participants' accuracy in determining whether 60 health claims were true (e.g., "Vaccines prevent disease outbreaks") or false (e.g., "Vaccines cause disease outbreaks") was assessed. The…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Social Media, Misconceptions, Smoking
Greene, Ciara M.; Saint Laurent, Constance; Hegarty, Karen; Murphy, Gillian – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2022
Misinformation continually threatens efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic, with vaccine misinformation now a key concern. False memories for misinformation can influence behavioural intentions, yet little is known about the factors affecting (false) memories for vaccine-related news items. Across two experiments (total n = 1481), this paper…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Participation, Immunization Programs, COVID-19
Güliz Karaarslan-Semiz; Birgül Çakir-Yildirim; Büsra Tuncay-Yüksel; Nilay Ozturk; Meltem Irmak – Journal of Turkish Science Education, 2023
This study aimed to investigate how pre-service teachers' intentions to vaccinate against COVID-19 were related to their perceptions of the causes of COVID-19, which are conspiracy thoughts, perceptions of environmental and faith factors, trust in scientists, and risk perceptions toward COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, a cross-sectional survey…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Intention, Immunization Programs, COVID-19
Teovanovic, Predrag; Lukic, Petar; Zupan, Zorana; Lazic, Aleksandra; Ninkovic, Milica; Žeželj, Iris – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2021
In the coronavirus "infodemic," people are exposed to official recommendations but also to potentially dangerous pseudoscientific advice claimed to protect against COVID-19. We examined whether irrational beliefs predict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines as well as susceptibility to such misinformation. Irrational beliefs were indexed by…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Beliefs, Misconceptions