Processing inaccurate information : theoretical and applied perspectives from cognitive science and the educational sciences / edited by David N. Rapp and Jason L.G. Braasch.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Accurate and inaccurate knowledge acquisition / David N. Rapp and Jason L.G. Braasch -- Correcting misinformation--a challenge for education and cognitive science / Ullrich K.H. Ecker, Briony Swire, and Stephan Lewandowsky -- The continued influence effect / Colleen M. Seifert -- Failures to detect textual problems during reading / Douglas J. Hacker -- Research on semantic illusions tells us that there are multiple sources of misinformation / Brenda Hannon -- Sensitivity to inaccurate argumentation in health news articles / Jason L.G. Braasch, Ivar Bråten, M. Anne Britt, Brent Steffens, and Helge I. Strømsø -- Conversational agents can help humans identify flaws in the science reported in digital media / Arthur C. Graesser, Keith K. Millis, Sidney K. D'Mello, and Xiangen Hu -- Knowledge neglect / Elizabeth J. Marsh and Sharda Umanath -- Mechanisms of problematic knowledge acquisition / David N. Rapp, Matthew E. Jacovina, and Jessica J. Andrews -- Discounting information / Yaacov Schul and Ruth Mayo -- The ambivalent effect of focus on updating mental representations / Herre van Oostendorp -- Comprehension and validation / Maj-Britt Isberner and Tobias Richter -- An Epistemological Perspective on Misinformation / Andrea A. diSessa -- Percept-concept coupling and human error / Patricia A. Alexander and Peter Baggetta -- Cognitive processing of conscious ignorance / José Otero and Koto Ishiwa -- The Knowledge Revision Components (KReC) Framework / Panayiota Kendeou and Edward J. O'Brien -- The Content-Source Integration Model / Marc Stadtler and Rainer Bromme -- Inaccuracy and reading in multiple text and internet/hypertext environments / Peter Afflerbach, Byeong-Young Cho, and Jong-Yun Kim -- Epistemic cognition and evaluating information / Clark A. Chinn, Ronald W. Rinehart, and Luke A. Buckland.

"Our lives revolve around the acquisition of information. Sometimes the information we acquire--from other people, from books, or from the media--is wrong. Studies show that people rely on such misinformation, sometimes even when they are aware that the information is inaccurate or invalid. And yet investigations of learning and knowledge acquisition largely ignore encounters with this sort of problematic material. This volume fills the gap, offering theoretical and empirical perspectives on the processing of misinformation and its consequences. The contributors, from cognitive science and education science, provide analyses that represent a variety of methodologies, theoretical orientations, and fields of expertise. The chapters describe the behavioral consequences of relying on misinformation and outline possible remediations; discuss the cognitive activities that underlie encounters with inaccuracies, investigating why reliance occurs so readily; present theoretical and philosophical considerations of the nature of inaccuracies; and offer formal, empirically driven frameworks that detail when and how inaccuracies will lead to comprehension difficulties"--MIT CogNet.

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