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    "pk": 49205,
    "title": "Children's Differentiation of Fake News from Real News is Facilitated by Cognitive Reflection",
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    "abstract": "Adults' ability to detect online misinformation is improved by cognitive reflection and targeted instruction. Is the same true for children? We explored this question by asking elementary-school-aged children (n = 135) to judge the veracity of news stories, some real and some fake, and comparing their performance to scores on the Cognitive Reflection Test, Developmental version (CRT-D). Participants were also administered a tutorial encouraging them to scrutinize the plausibility of a story's content or the credibility of its source. Children's differentiation of fake news from real news was correlated with their CRT-D scores but did not improve with instruction. A comparison group of adults (n = 117) demonstrated similar findings with the exception that source-based instruction improved their news differentiation. These findings suggest that the ability to detect online misinformation is aided by cognitive reflection from the start but could be improved with knowledge of news sources.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Education; Psychology; Cognitive development; Instruction and teaching; Reasoning"
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    "section": "Papers with Oral Presentation",
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            "first_name": "Andrew",
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            "last_name": "Shtulman",
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            "institution": "Occidental College",
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            "first_name": "Lucy",
            "middle_name": "Rose",
            "last_name": "Stoll",
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            "institution": "Occidental College",
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            "first_name": "Lesly",
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            "last_name": "Sabroso",
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            "institution": "Occidental College",
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            "first_name": "Andrew",
            "middle_name": "G",
            "last_name": "Young",
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            "institution": "Northeastern Illinois University",
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    "date_published": "2025-01-01T13:00:00-05:00",
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