Fake news may cause wrong memory
August 26, 2019 09:24 Source: "China Social Sciences", August 26, 2019, No. 1764, author: Reporter Wang Youran

Newspaper Washington, August 24 (Reporter Wang Youran) A new study discovery,Fake news may cause voters to produce wrong memories,Especially when fake news is consistent with their political views。

August 21,The journal of "Psychological Sciences" edited by the American Psychological Association published online publishing the professor of the University of California El Bay, Professor Elizabeth F. LOFTUS、Ciara Greene, deputy professor of the School of Psychology of the University of Institute of Berlin, Ireland, and others, "The Error Memory Bet365 lotto review of Fake News Caused by Fake News During the Referendum of the Irish Abortion Referendum"。This research was carried out one week before Irish abortion legalization referendum on May 25, 2018,Green and others recruited 3,140 participants with voting,and asked their voting intentions。In the experiment,Each participant read 6 news reports,Among them, 2 are false reports,The content is an advocate or opponent who abolish the abortion ban.。After the participants read a report,,Need to inform the researchers whether they have heard of events in the report,and if you have heard of specific memories。Subsequent,Researchers informed the participants in the 6 news reports they read.,and invite Bet365 lotto review participants to identify reports they think they are fake news。Last,All participants have completed a cognitive test。

Experimental results show,Nearly half of the participants remember at least one fictional event,Many people can recall a lot of details in a fictional incident。Participants who support the legalization of abortion tend to remember fake news about referendum opponents,Participants who oppose the legalization of abortion tend to remember fake news about referendum supporters。After there are false reports in the 6 reports of the report,Many participants have not re -thought about their memory,Some participants also "recall" the details information that did not involve in false reports。Bet365 app download Participants with low cognitive test scores generate wrong memory is not higher than participants with higher cognitive test scores,But the former remember the probability of fake news consistent with his own opinion,This shows that people with strong cognitive ability are more likely to question their personal prejudice and contact news source。

Researchers said,Although the background of this research is the Irish abortion legalization referendum,But the phenomenon it revealed is in other political elections,Including the 2020 U.S. presidential election, it is possible to appear in the US presidential election。Experimental indication,Even if you get a clear reminder,People bet365 Play online games are still easy to be implanted in false memory under the action of fake news。Researchers plan to expand this research。Green thinks,It is very important to understand the psychological impact of fake news on people。Because of the advancement of technology,Make false text、Picture、The difficulty of image reporting is decreasing。People will be based on wrong memory,and often difficult to be persuaded。How to avoid people's misleading reports in false reports,You need to answer psychological research。

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