Michael Devine, Marie Morris, Dara Kavanagh
Transferability of Technical Skills Across Robotic Surgery Platforms: A Scoping Review
Cureus
misinformation often continues influence inferential reasoning clear credible corrections provided effect known continued influence effect theorized effect partly driven misinformation familiarity researchers even argued correction avoid repeating misinformation correction could serve inadvertently enhance misinformation familiarity may thus backfire ironically strengthening misconception aims correct previous research found little evidence familiarity backfire effects remains one situation may yet arise correcting entirely novel misinformation corrections could serve spread misinformation new audiences never heard article presents three experiments total n 1718 investigating possibility familiarity backfire within context correcting novel misinformation claims 1week studytest delay variation across experiments overall substantial evidence familiarity backfire corrections exposed participants novel misinformation lead stronger misconceptions compared control group never exposed false claims corrections suggests safe repeat misinformation correcting even audience might unfamiliar misinformation