Explicit attention-focusing and discrepancy-detection interventions largely reduce susceptibility; mindfulness interventions do not¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r3 · q3
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Explicit attention-focusing interventions (indicating discrepancies, veracity judgments) were largely positive across eight reviewed articles. → Rau 2025 q3 i? Mindfulness interventions yielded null or negative effects, with one study finding increased susceptibility. → Rau 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Rau 2025¶

Rau, M. A., & Premo, A. E. (2025). Systematic Review of Educational Approaches to Misinformation. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10012-8

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The review's synthesis of eight attention-focusing articles reports that "Instructions to indicate discrepancies were effective (Putnam et al., 2017)", and slow reading and highlighting also improved discrepancy detection and memory for original information.

"Results for the explicit attention-focusing interventions were largely positive. Instructions to indicate discrepancies were effective (Putnam et al., 2017), although one study found only marginal benefits (Umanath et al., 2019)."

Rau 2025 (2)¶

Rau, M. A., & Premo, A. E. (2025). Systematic Review of Educational Approaches to Misinformation. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-025-10012-8

q3 · i? · review · r3

The review reports that for the two mindfulness interventions, "their mindfulness intervention increased susceptibility to misinformation" in one study, with null effects in the other; mindfulness's nonjudgmental attitude may backfire for misinformation resistance.

"Alberts et al. (2017) found null effects on participants' susceptibility. By contrast, Qi et al. (2018) found that their mindfulness intervention increased susceptibility to misinformation."

Discussion¶

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