ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Repetition Increases the Perceived Truth of Highly Implausible Statements
- Doris Lacassagne
UCLouvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium - Jérémy Béna
UCLouvain - Olivier Corneille
UCLouvain
Abstract
A single exposure to statements is typically enough to increase their perceived truth. This effect is called “Truth-by-Repetition” (TBR). For now, finding a TBR effect for highly implausible statements have failed. Here, we reasoned that highly implausible statements may show repetition effect through more sensitive truth measure and more repetition.
Perception