Psychological booster shots targeting memory increase long-term resistance against misinformation.

ABSTRACT: An increasing number of real-world interventions aim to preemptively protect or inoculate people against misinformation. Inoculation research has demonstrated positive effects on misinformation resilience when measured immediately after treatment via messages, games, or videos. However, very little is currently known about their long-term effectiveness and the mechanisms by which such treatment effects decay over time. We start by proposing three possible models on the mechanisms driving resistance to misinformation. We then report five pre-registered longitudinal experiments (N_total = 11,759) that investigate the effectiveness of psychological inoculation interventions over time as well as their underlying mechanisms. We find that text-based and video-based inoculation interven

SUBMITTER: Maertens R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11897321 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature