Great talk with Sander van der Linden and must watch for anyone interested in misinformation, disinformation and combating it. Maybe or maybe not with a hint of some political stuff happening soon...

Listen to Cambridge University's Sander van der Linden on BBC News (UK) discussing #ElectionMisinformation in US #election2024 & the critical need for #Prebunking it. More on this work from Mitchell Linegar, Sander, Betsy Sinclair & Caltech LCSSP's R. Michael Alvarez: youtu.be/oa4DL-q1_YU?fe…

Prebunking guide

Comparing misinformation to a virus is both accurate and useful in preventing its spread | Sander van der Linden In response to a recent article in The Skeptic, Sander van der Linden argues there is value and validity to a misinformation-as-virus analogy skeptic.org.uk/2024/11/compar…

Misinformation really does spread like a virus, suggest mathematical models drawn from epidemiology theconversation.com/misinformation… "Foreign disinformation has grown in sophistication and scope since the 2016 US election." "...a combination of interventions can be effective in

🚀 Exciting news! In our latest preprint, led by the brilliant Mikey Biddlestone, we reveal that actively open-minded thinking (AOT) is a game-changer for spotting #misinformation 🔍. Even better, we can boost AOT through #inoculation 💉!

Misinformation Decided the US Election project-syndicate.org/commentary/202… "Polling data show that Donald Trump’s supporters were deeply misinformed about most of the campaign’s defining issues." "If the answer is that more than half of the electorate wants to be misinformed, America – and

Thank you to Jon Roozenbeek (KCL Psychology, War Studies, CSDMLab) for delivering an excellent talk on 'The Psychology of Misinformation' for our annual University of Strathclyde Psychology Public Engagement Lecture last night University of Strathclyde Strategic Themes

Cecilie Steenbuch Traberg worried that choosing to have children during her graduate studies might signal a lack of career dedication go.nature.com/4eE3CRz

Sharing this feels vulnerable but meaningful. 💛 In this piece for nature, I reflect on having 3 children during my PhD - why I’d do it all over again, but also why academia shouldn’t make it this hard for parents to thrive.🍼🎓Academic Mom, PhD 🔗nature.com/articles/d4158…

Combining PhD life at Cambridge University Dept of Psychology with having three children would never have been possible without the unwavering support of my incredible supervisor, Sander van der Linden. 🙏 I’m so grateful for the understanding and encouragement he’s shown me over these past years.

🚨New in Nature Computational Science Nature Computational Science! 🚨 Do large language models (LLMs) exhibit social identity biases like humans? (co-lead by Tiancheng Hu, together with Steve Rathje, Nigel Collier, Sander van der Linden, and Jon Roozenbeek) 1/ nature.com/articles/s4358…

🚨Tiancheng Hu, Yara Kyrychenko 🇺🇦, Steve Rathje, Nigel Collier, Sander van der Linden and colleagues show that LLMs exhibit social identity biases similar to humans. CambridgeLTL CSDMLab Cambridge University Gates Cambridge nature.com/articles/s4358…