Trusting the tag: electrophysiological signatures of source credibility in fact-checking
As misinformation spreads with unprecedented speed on social media, understanding the efficacy of corrective interventions has become a fundamental challenge for the cognitive sciences. We investigated the behavioral and neurophysiological correlates of responses to fact-checking labels addressing accurate and fake medical and healthcare news.
Authors
- Oksana O. Zinchenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7976-3224)
- Vasily A. Klucharev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-3789)
- Eliana Monahhova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9426-3642)
- Julia Gorodnicheva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5299-2692)
- Alexandra N. Morozova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3348-4412)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-77776-z
- Primary Topic
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Russian Science Foundation