ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Repetition Increases the Perceived Truth of Highly Implausible Statements

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Cognitive Science

  • 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