People fact-check social media posts more thoughtfully when they’re paired with someone who doesn’t share their perspective

People fact-checked social media posts more carefully and were more willing to revise their initial beliefs when they were paired with someone from a different cultural background than their own, according to a study my collaborators Michael Baker and Françoise Détienne and I recently published in Frontiers in Psychology. If you’re French, you’re less likely than an English person to believe a … Continue reading People fact-check social media posts more thoughtfully when they’re paired with someone who doesn’t share their perspective