Executive Function and Susceptibility to Continued Reliance on Corrected Misinformation: An Individual-Differences Investigation

Paul McIlhiney

doi:10.26182/prh2-4105

Executive Function and Susceptibility to Continued Reliance on Corrected Misinformation: An Individual-Differences Investigation

Paul McIlhiney

School of Psychological Science

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Abstract

Once encoded, misinformation can be difficult to correct, even with strong, evidence-based corrections; this is known as the continued influence effect (CIE). The current thesis seeks to further understanding of the cognitive mechanisms that underlie the CIE, using an individual-differences approach. To this end, three studies investigated: (1) if CIE susceptibility is temporally stable (i.e., trait-like); (2) if executive functions predict CIE susceptibility in young adults; (3) if executive functions predict CIE susceptibility beyond intelligence in older adults. Results suggest that CIE susceptibility is trait-like, with memory updating and intelligence being the most prominent cognitive antecedents.

Original language	English
Qualification	Doctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution	The University of Western Australia
Supervisors/Advisors	Weinborn, Michael, Supervisor Ecker, Ullrich, Supervisor
Thesis sponsors	Australian Government Research Training Program
Award date	17 Apr 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26182/prh2-4105
Publication status	Unpublished - 2022

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