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WHY DO WE FALL FOR FAKE NEWS?

| we are prone to believing news that conforms with our partisan identity.

| Our reasoning capabilities aren't skewed, we just don't let it kick into action.

| Heuristic judgments are fuelled by the familiar, a "trustworthy" source + emotional evocations.

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References:

G. Pennycook, & D.G. Rand (2021) "The psychology of fake news", Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 25(5), pp.388-402.