Deception-cue instructions and facial-expression trainings are largely ineffective at reducing misinformation susceptibility¶

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

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across the reviewed deception literature, instructions on specific deception cues and facial-expression trainings were largely ineffective, with mixed and sometimes negative results. → Rau 2025

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

q3 · i? · review · r3

The review's discussion of 30 lie-detection articles concludes that "the reviewed deception-cue instructions and facial-expression trainings were largely ineffective at reducing susceptibility to misinformation", citing null, mixed, and negative findings such as worse performance after instruction with examples in one study.

"Altogether, the reviewed deception-cue instructions and facial-expression trainings were largely ineffective at reducing susceptibility to misinformation, regardless of the targeted types of cues or pedagogical devices."

Discussion¶

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