APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Negatively Valenced and High-Arousal News Headlines Drive Preferential Evidence Accumulation and Influence Selection Behavior
Session: Poster Session XI
Authors
- Rachael KeePresenting Author
University of California, Davis - Xuanjun Gong
Texas A&M University - Ezgi Ulusoy
Michigan State University - Elizabeth Riggs
College of Chaleston - Ziyu Zhao
University of California, Davis - Jason Coronel
The Ohio State University - Allison Eden
Michigan State University - Amber Boydstun
University of California, Davis - Richard Huskey
University of California, Davis
Abstract
Through five studies, including computational modeling and fMRI, we investigated the negativity bias in news selection through a value-based decision-making framework. We found that negatively valenced, high-arousal news headlines drive preferential evidence accumualtion. Results highlight effects of both political ideology and age on the negativity bias.
Implicit Bias
