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Backfire Effect
A correction makes belief in the false claim stronger than it would have been without the correction—a possible but uncommon result.
Public evidence overview
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Checked source previewAcademic paper
The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction
Research-assisted source review
- What it supports
- Misinformation can continue to affect reasoning after explicit correction, but corrections generally reduce belief and reliable factual backfire is difficult to produce. Clear alternatives, credible sources and timely corrections can improve updating.
- Where it may not transfer
- This is a narrative review rather than one pooled effect estimate, and intervention evidence varies by topic, audience and outcome. Continued influence, familiarity, distrust and attitude effects must not be collapsed into one “backfire” label.
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