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False Memories

Online Misinformation Produces False Memory

Qi Wang, Ph.D. on April 4, 2024

After people experience or witness a real-life event, exposure to online misinformation greatly increases false memories, particularly for peripheral aspects of the event.

After people experience or witness a real-life event, exposure to online misinformation greatly increases false memories, particularly for peripheral aspects of the event.

Memory

Social Media Makes Our Memory More Fallible

Qi Wang, Ph.D. on March 6, 2024

Our memory reflects our motives and is subject to external influences and manipulation. The fallibility of our memory is magnified exponentially in the social media era.

Our memory reflects our motives and is subject to external influences and manipulation. The fallibility of our memory is magnified exponentially in the social media era.

Optimism

Why Americans See a Gloomy Future, but Others Don't

Qi Wang, Ph.D. on February 8, 2024

Although Americans are optimistic about their personal futures, they are pessimistic about their country’s. This paradox is not shared by those in other cultures.

Although Americans are optimistic about their personal futures, they are pessimistic about their country’s. This paradox is not shared by those in other cultures.

Social Media

Our Three Selves in the Age of Social Media

Qi Wang, Ph.D. on February 2, 2024

We have three selves in the age of social media: who we think we are, how we present ourselves online, and what other social media users think of us.

We have three selves in the age of social media: who we think we are, how we present ourselves online, and what other social media users think of us.