Douglas Guilbeault, Samuel Woolley, Joshua Becker
Probabilistic social learning improves the public's judgments of news veracity
PloS one
abstract hypothesis tested mere ownership object sufficient condition enhance likelihood become one attractive items entire set similar objects evidence presented isolated visual letter stimuli belonging ones name often ranked among six preferred letters entire alphabet identical notown name letters across 12 different european languages name letter effect found initial andor notinitial letters belonging first andor family name fundamental theoretical relevance effect outlined well heuristic value research individual versus collective ownership affective asymmetry crosslingual analysis six least preferred letterswhile also confirming mere ownership hypothesiscalls critical reformulation zajoncs mere exposure theory