Rand, David G.

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

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

Spontaneous giving and calculated greed

Rand, D. G., Greene, J. D., & Nowak, M. A. (2012) · Nature

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesDecision-Making and Behavioral Economics

Cited by 1,334

Human cooperation

Rand, D. G., & Nowak, M. A. (2013) · Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 1,308

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

Political Sectarianism in America

Finkel, E. J., Bail, C. A., Cikara, M., Ditto, P. H., Iyengar, S., Klar, S., Mason, L., McGrath, M. C., Nyhan, B., Rand, D. G., et al. (2020) · Science

Electoral Systems and Political ParticipationReligion and Society Interactions

Cited by 931

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

Winners don’t punish

Dreber, A., Rand, D. G., Fudenberg, D., & Nowak, M. A. (2008) · Nature

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 718

Positive Interactions Promote Public Cooperation

Rand, D. G., Dreber, A., Ellingsen, T., Fudenberg, D., & Nowak, M. A. (2009) · Science

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 715

Dynamic social networks promote cooperation in experiments with humans

Rand, D. G., Arbesman, S., & Christakis, N. A. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 653

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

Divine intuition: Cognitive style influences belief in God.

Shenhav, A., Rand, D. G., & Greene, J. D. (2012) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyParanormal Experiences and Beliefs

Cited by 557

Third-party punishment as a costly signal of trustworthiness

Jordan, J. J., Hoffman, M., Bloom, P., & Rand, D. G. (2016) · Nature

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Cited by 508

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

Humans display a ‘cooperative phenotype’ that is domain general and temporally stable

Peysakhovich, A., Nowak, M. A., & Rand, D. G. (2014) · Nature Communications

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Cited by 426

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

Economic games on the internet: the effect of $1 stakes

Amir, O., Rand, D. G., & Gal, Y. K. (2012) · PLoS ONE

Experimental Behavioral Economics StudiesMobile Crowdsensing and Crowdsourcing

Cited by 364

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

Don’t get it or don’t spread it: comparing self-interested versus prosocial motivations for COVID-19 prevention behaviors

Jordan, J. J., Yoeli, E., & Rand, D. G. (2021) · Scientific Reports

Communication and COVID-19 ImpactCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact

Cited by 350