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Our brains are great at soaking up all sorts of information, but less good at updating that information. This can become a problem when it comes to the insidious nature of fake news. Thankfully, Nikita Salovich is on the case, studying how we cope with fake news. PS- early in the episode, Nikita says Chicago is the capital of Illinois as an example of a false fact. In this case, we're using fact to mean a statement that can be proven true or false. Suggested Reading: NPR politics podcast on spotting misinformation: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/27/783293679/how-to-spot-misinformation NYT article on why people fall for fake news: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/opinion/sunday/fake-news.html Nikita's lab published an article about why we can't ignore fake news: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327479180_Can't_We_Just_Disregard_Fake_News_The_Consequences_of_Exposure_to_Inaccurate_Information Follow Nikita: @psylovich, salovich.com Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing
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Our brains are great at soaking up all sorts of information, but less good at updating that information. This can become a problem when it comes to the insidious nature of fake news. Thankfully, Nikita Salovich is on the case, studying how we cope with fake news. PS- early in the episode, Nikita says Chicago is the capital of Illinois as an example of a false fact. In this case, we're using fact to mean a statement that can be proven true or false. Suggested Reading: NPR politics podcast on spotting misinformation: https://www.npr.org/2019/11/27/783293679/how-to-spot-misinformation NYT article on why people fall for fake news: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/19/opinion/sunday/fake-news.html Nikita's lab published an article about why we can't ignore fake news: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327479180_Can't_We_Just_Disregard_Fake_News_The_Consequences_of_Exposure_to_Inaccurate_Information Follow Nikita: @psylovich, salovich.com Follow me: PhDrinking@gmail.com, @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/ Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing
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