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Fig. 2 | Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

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From: Reliance on emotion promotes belief in fake news

Fig. 2

Plotting reported news headline accuracy as a function of aggregated positive or negative PANAS score shows a positive relationship between both positive and negative emotion and belief in fake news. This relationship is not as evident for belief in real news. Dot size is proportional to the number of observations (i.e., a specific participant viewing a specific headline). Error bars, mean ± 95% confidence intervals

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