Summit

2024 APS Global Psychological Science Summit · 2024

Loneliness and Susceptibility to Misinformation

Virtual · October 2024

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Andy Ng
    Cardiff University

Abstract

The spread of misinformation has gained momentum over the years, resulting in negative impacts on society. Two pre-registered confirmatory studies will be conducted with American adults to test the proposition that loneliness would reduce analytic thinking, which in turn would lead to higher susceptibility to misinformation.

Myths and Misinformation

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