belief updating

Changing your mind about the data: Updating sampling assumptions in inductive inference

When people use samples of evidence to make inferences, they consider both the sample contents and how the sample was generated (“sampling assumptions”). The current studies examined whether people can update their sampling assumptions – whether they …

Does mud really stick? No evidence for continued influence of misinformation on newly formed person impressions

Despite robust evidence that misinformation continues to influence event-related reasoning after a clear retraction, evidence for the continued influence of misinformation on person impressions is mixed. Across four experiments, we investigated the …