Pennycook, Gordon

Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

Bavel, J. J. V., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., Capraro, V., Cichocka, A., Cikara, M., Crockett, M. J., Crum, A. J., Douglas, K. M., Druckman, J. N., et al. (2020) · Nature Human Behaviour

COVID-19 Prevention and ImpactCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 4,964

The science of fake news

Lazer, D. M. J., Baum, M. A., Benkler, Y., Berinsky, A. J., Greenhill, K. M., Menczer, F., Metzger, M. J., Nyhan, B., Pennycook, G., Rothschild, D., et al. (2018) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsAcademic Publishing and Open Access

Cited by 4,160

Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning

Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2019) · Cognition

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 2,022

Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention

Pennycook, G., McPhetres, J., Zhang, Y., Lu, J. G., & Rand, D. G. (2020) · Psychological Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 1,715

The Psychology of Fake News

Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDeception detection and forensic psychology

Cited by 1,360

Prior exposure increases perceived accuracy of fake news

Pennycook, G., Cannon, T. D., & Rand, D. G. (2018) · Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Misinformation and Its ImpactsEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Cited by 1,268

Shifting attention to accuracy can reduce misinformation online

Pennycook, G., Epstein, Z., Mosleh, M., Arechar, A. A., Eckles, D., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Nature

Misinformation and Its ImpactsAcademic Publishing and Open Access

Cited by 1,155

Fighting misinformation on social media using crowdsourced judgments of news source quality

Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2019) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Misinformation and Its ImpactsMedia Influence and Politics

Cited by 947

Who falls for fake news? The roles of bullshit receptivity, overclaiming, familiarity, and analytic thinking

Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2020) · Journal of Personality

Misinformation and Its ImpactsEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Cited by 879

Fake news, fast and slow: Deliberation reduces belief in false (but not true) news headlines

Bago, B., Rand, D. G., & Pennycook, G. (2019) · Journal of Experimental Psychology General

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 593

Fake news, fast and slow: Deliberation reduces belief in false (but not true) news headlines.

Bago, B., Rand, D. G., & Pennycook, G. (2020) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 593

Analytic cognitive style predicts religious and paranormal belief

Pennycook, G., Cheyne, J. A., Seli, P., Koehler, D. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2012) · Cognition

Paranormal Experiences and BeliefsReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology

Cited by 544

On the reception and detection of pseudo-profound bullshit

Pennycook, G., Allan Cheyne, J., Barr, N., Koehler, D. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2015) · Judgment and Decision Making

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Cited by 536

Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news

Martel, C., Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2020) · Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDeception detection and forensic psychology

Cited by 470

Fighting COVID-19 misinformation on social media: Experimental evidence for a scalable accuracy nudge intervention

Pennycook, G., McPhetres, J., Zhang, Y., Lu, J. G., & Rand, D. G. (2020)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 390

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Costello, T. H., Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2024) · Science

Misinformation and Its ImpactsParanormal Experiences and Beliefs

Cited by 354

The brain in your pocket: Evidence that Smartphones are used to supplant thinking

Barr, N., Pennycook, G., Stolz, J. A., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2015) · Computers in Human Behavior

Digital Media and PhilosophyEmbodied and Extended Cognition

Cited by 327

Belief in fake news is associated with delusionality, dogmatism, religious fundamentalism, and reduced analytic thinking.

Bronstein, M. V., Pennycook, G., Bear, A., Rand, D. G., & Cannon, T. D. (2019) · Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition

Misinformation and Its ImpactsDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 324

Accuracy prompts are a replicable and generalizable approach for reducing the spread of misinformation

Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2022) · Nature Communications

Misinformation and Its ImpactsAcademic Publishing and Open Access

Cited by 270

Scaling up fact-checking using the wisdom of crowds

Allen, J., Arechar, A. A., Pennycook, G., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Science Advances

Misinformation and Its ImpactsMobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing

Cited by 234

Atheists and agnostics are more reflective than religious believers: Four empirical studies and a meta-analysis

Pennycook, G., Ross, R. M., Koehler, D. J., & Fugelsang, J. A. (2016) · PLoS ONE

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 232

Timing matters when correcting fake news

Brashier, N. M., Pennycook, G., Berinsky, A. J., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Misinformation and Its ImpactsEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Cited by 216

Understanding and combatting misinformation across 16 countries on six continents

Arechar, A. A., Allen, J., Berinsky, A. J., Cole, R., Epstein, Z., Garimella, K., Gully, A., Lu, J. G., Ross, R. M., Stagnaro, M. N., et al. (2023) · Nature Human Behaviour

Misinformation and Its ImpactsCommunication and COVID-19 Impact

Cited by 188

Cognitive reflection correlates with behavior on Twitter

Mosleh, M., Pennycook, G., Arechar, A. A., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Nature Communications

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsDigital Media and Philosophy

Cited by 175