Memory failure predicts belief regression after the correction of misinformation

2022/09/26 by Briony Swire-Thompson, Briony Swire‐Thompson, Mitch Dobbs +3 · 63 citations
Computer Science · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Developmental psychology #Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) #Forgetting #Memory Processes and Influences #Misinformation #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Psychology #Regression #Regression analysis #Social psychology #Statistics #Test (biology)

paper · open access · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105276

published in Cognition 230, 105276 (Elsevier BV)

openalex publication_date 2022/09/26 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

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