Gordon Pennycook

Gordon Pennycook

University of Regina

H-index: 65

North America-Canada

About Gordon Pennycook

Gordon Pennycook, With an exceptional h-index of 65 and a recent h-index of 62 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Regina, specializes in the field of Reasoning, Judgment and Decision Making, Misinformation, Beliefs, Metacognition.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19

Reducing misinformation sharing at scale using digital accuracy prompt ads

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief

Unbundling Digital Media Literacy Tips: Results from Two Experiments

Blatantly false news increases belief in news that is merely implausible.

Accuracy prompts protect professional content moderators from the illusory truth effect

On the role of analytic thinking in religious belief change: Evidence from over 50,000 participants in 16 countries

Gordon Pennycook Information

University

Position

Assistant Professor

Citations(all)

31398

Citations(since 2020)

28485

Cited By

10991

hIndex(all)

65

hIndex(since 2020)

62

i10Index(all)

111

i10Index(since 2020)

110

Email

University Profile Page

University of Regina

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Gordon Pennycook Skills & Research Interests

Reasoning

Judgment and Decision Making

Misinformation

Beliefs

Metacognition

Top articles of Gordon Pennycook

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

A synthesis of evidence for policy from behavioural science during COVID-19

Nature

Kai Ruggeri

Friederike Stock

S Alexander Haslam

Valerio Capraro

Paulo Boggio

...

2024/1/4

Reducing misinformation sharing at scale using digital accuracy prompt ads

Hause Lin

Haritz Garro

Nils Wernerfelt

Jesse Shore

Adam Hughes

...

2024/2/7

Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Thomas H Costello

Gordon Pennycook

David Rand

2024/4/3

Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief

Will M Gervais

Ryan McKay

JL Brown-Iannuzzi

Robert M Ross

Gordon Pennycook

...

2024/2/6

Unbundling Digital Media Literacy Tips: Results from Two Experiments

Andrew Guess

Shannon McGregor

Gordon Pennycook

David Rand

2024/3/26

Blatantly false news increases belief in news that is merely implausible.

David E Levari

Cameron Martel

Reed Orchinik

Rahul Bhui

Paul Seli

...

2024/2/1

Accuracy prompts protect professional content moderators from the illusory truth effect

PsyArXiv

H Lin

MT Savio

X Huang

M Steiger

RL Guevara

...

2024/3/3

On the role of analytic thinking in religious belief change: Evidence from over 50,000 participants in 16 countries

Michael Nicholas Stagnaro

Gordon Pennycook

2024/1/16

Emotional language reduces belief in false claims

Samantha Phillips

Sze Yuh Nina Wang

Kathleen M Carley

David Rand

Gordon Pennycook

2024/1/11

Crowds can effectively identify misinformation at scale

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Cameron Martel

Jennifer Allen

Gordon Pennycook

David G Rand

2024/3

Thinking more or thinking differently? Using drift-diffusion modeling to illuminate why accuracy prompts decrease misinformation sharing

Cognition

Hause Lin

Gordon Pennycook

David G Rand

2023/1/1

How to think about whether misinformation interventions work

Nature Human Behaviour

Brian Guay

Adam J Berinsky

Gordon Pennycook

David Rand

2023/8

The social media context interferes with truth discernment

Science Advances

Ziv Epstein

Nathaniel Sirlin

Antonio Arechar

Gordon Pennycook

David Rand

2023/3/3

Individual differences in overconfidence: A new measurement approach

Available at SSRN 4563382

Jabin Binnendyk

Gordon Pennycook

2023/8/23

On the disposition to think analytically: Four distinct intuitive-analytic thinking styles

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Christie Newton

Justin Feeney

Gordon Pennycook

2023/3/2

Deliberation is (probably) triggered and sustained by multiple mechanisms.

Behavioral & Brain Sciences

Gordon Pennycook

2023/1/1

The role of (trust in) the source of prebunks and debunks of misinformation. Evidence from online experiments in four EU countries

Hendrik Bruns

Stephan Lewandowsky

Gordon Pennycook

Myrto Pantazi

Philipp Schmid

...

2023/7

Conscientiousness does not moderate the association between political ideology and susceptibility to fake news sharing.

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Hause Lin

David G Rand

Gordon Pennycook

2023/8/21

On the Efficacy of Accuracy Prompts Across Partisan Lines: An Adversarial Collaboration

Cameron Martel

Steve Rathje

Cory J Clark

Gordon Pennycook

Jay J Van Bavel

...

2023/11/16

Reasoning about climate change

PNAS Nexus

Bence Bago

David Rand

Gordon Pennycook

2023

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Co-Authors

H-index: 122
Tyrone Cannon

Tyrone Cannon

Yale University

H-index: 94
Stephan Lewandowsky

Stephan Lewandowsky

University of Bristol

H-index: 92
David G. Rand

David G. Rand

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

H-index: 53
Jonathan Fugelsang

Jonathan Fugelsang

University of Waterloo

H-index: 45
Valerie A Thompson

Valerie A Thompson

University of Saskatchewan

H-index: 42
Adam J. Berinsky

Adam J. Berinsky

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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