{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13"],"submitter":["Mangiulli I"],"pubmed_abstract":["People are often exposed to fake news. Such an exposure to misleading information might lead to false memory creation. We examined whether people can form false memories for COVID-19-related fake news. Furthermore, we investigated which individual factors might predict false memory formation for fake news. In two experiments, we provided participants with two pieces of COVID-19-related fake news along with a non-probative photograph. In Experiment 1, 41% (<i>n</i> = 66/161) of our sample reported at least one false memory for COVID-19-related fake news. In Experiment 2, even a higher percentage emerged (54.9%; <i>n</i> = 185/337). Moreover, in Experiment 2, participants with conspiracy beliefs were more likely to report false memories for fake news than those without such beliefs, irrespec"],"journal":["Frontiers in psychology"],"pagination":["972004"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9608342"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts."],"pmcid":["PMC9608342"],"pubmed_authors":["Mangiulli I","Battista F","Coveliers E","Webster TC","Curci A","Kafi NA","Otgaar H"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"False memory and COVID-19: How people fall for fake news about COVID-19 in digital contexts.","description":"People are often exposed to fake news. Such an exposure to misleading information might lead to false memory creation. We examined whether people can form false memories for COVID-19-related fake news. Furthermore, we investigated which individual factors might predict false memory formation for fake news. In two experiments, we provided participants with two pieces of COVID-19-related fake news along with a non-probative photograph. In Experiment 1, 41% (<i>n</i> = 66/161) of our sample reported at least one false memory for COVID-19-related fake news. In Experiment 2, even a higher percentage emerged (54.9%; <i>n</i> = 185/337). Moreover, in Experiment 2, participants with conspiracy beliefs were more likely to report false memories for fake news than those without such beliefs, irrespec","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T09:41:51.464Z","creation":"2025-04-04T09:41:51.464Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9608342","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36312068"],"doi":["10.3389/fpsyg.2022.972004"]}}