It's not that believers in conspiracy theories are massively overconfident; there is no data on that, because the studies ...

False information takes advantage of evolutionary adaptations for social harmony. Misinformation thrives by offering ...

Tangherlini sees narratives like these, and the many other conspiracies that are rife in today’s internet culture, as a type of modern-day folklore. As a computational folklorist, he uses AI tools to ...

These false core beliefs are deeply-engrained and often unconscious. They often lead to negative self-talk, unfulfilled goals, and self-sabotage, preventing us from reaching our full potential.

Re “False beliefs hurt vets’ reputation, recruiting” (Nov. 14): This essay was an eye-opener. I served 20 years in the Army, having been in Desert Storm and in Bosnia. I never tho… ...

America has a misinformation problem. It's in our news feeds, on our social media timelines, and at our kitchen tables. It's ...

Exploring someone’s false beliefs and helping them change them Okay, so life coaching is like eating a Reese’s peanut butter cup, in that there is no right way to life coach someone.

In a group of 222 white medical students, half indicated they believed at least one of 11 false beliefs about racial physiological differences were possibly, probably or definitely true, according ...

False belief: “Illegal immigrants at the southern border are bringing fentanyl and massive drugs across the border.” Fact: Just 0.02% of people arrested by the Border Patrol for crossing ...