Anastasia Kozyreva

May 12, 2024 | nature.com | Anastasia Kozyreva |Philipp Lorenz-Spreen |Stefan M. Herzog |Stephan Lewandowsky |Ralph Hertwig |Joe Bak-Coleman | +17 more

AbstractThe spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of society, including public health and the state of democracies. One approach to mitigating the effect of misinformation focuses on individual-level interventions, equipping policymakers and the public with essential tools to curb the spread and influence of falsehoods. Here we introduce a toolbox of individual-level interventions for reducing harm from online misinformation.

Sep 5, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Ralph Hertwig |Stefan M. Herzog |Anastasia Kozyreva

Social-welfare policies can lead to waste, discrimination, resource misallocation, and injustices. One important reason for this is the risk that decision-making could be compromised by implicit biases that infuse public-policy decisions. Implicit biases can surface in attitudes and stereotypes that, possibly without individuals’ awareness, influence social judgments and behavior (Greenwald & Lai, 2020).