Resistance to Position Change, Motivated Reasoning, and Polarization

Biased assimilation and attitude polarization: The effects of prior theories on subsequently considered evidence.

Charles G. Lord, Lee Ross, Mark R. Lepper · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1979 · 4.4K citations

Forensic Psychology, Behavioral Decision Making, Social Psychology +23

Motivated Skepticism in the Evaluation of Political Beliefs

Charles S. Taber, Milton Lodge · American Journal of Political Science · 2006 · 4.2K citations

Political Process, Public Opinion, Political Polarization +19

Evaluating Online Labor Markets for Experimental Research: Amazon.com's Mechanical Turk

Adam J. Berinsky, Gregory A. Huber, Gabriel Lenz · Political Analysis · 2012 · 4K citations · Full text

Online Experiment, Digital Marketing, Field Experiment +21

When Corrections Fail: The Persistence of Political Misperceptions

Brendan Nyhan, Jason Reifler · Political Behavior · 2010 · 3.1K citations

Public Policy, Political Misperceptions, Public Opinion +6

Misinformation and Its Correction

Stephan Lewandowsky, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Colleen M. Seifert et al. · Gothic.net · 2012 · 2.7K citations

Disinformation, Fake News, Widespread Prevalence +14