Why is fake news so fascinating to the brain?

Andrea Grignolio; Micaela Morelli; Marco Tamietto

doi:10.1111/ejn.15844

Why is fake news so fascinating to the brain?

Andrea Grignolio
, Micaela Morelli^*
, Marco Tamietto

^*Corresponding author for this work

Medical and Clinical Psychology

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5967-5971
Journal	European Journal of Neuroscience
Volume	56
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.15844
Publication status	Published - 2022

Keywords

behavioural and cognitive neuroscience
brain reward system
cognitive processing
social behaviour
social media
NEURAL MECHANISMS
DECISION-MAKING
ACCUMBENS SHELL
DOPAMINE
MISINFORMATION
NEUROSCIENCE
BEHAVIOR
FACE

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