# Who falls for fake news? The roles of bullshit receptivity, overclaiming, familiarity, and analytic thinking

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/who-falls-for-fake-news-the-roles-of-bullshit-receptivity-overclaiming/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Gordon Pennycook,David G. Rand |
| Citations | 823 |
| DOI | 10.1111/jopy.12476 |
| Fields | Neuroscience,Psychology,Social Sciences |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/135508 |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W3122883818 |
| PMID | 30929263 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2019 |

## Paper authors

- [Gordon Pennycook](https://scholariq.org/researchers/gordon-pennycook/)
- [David G. Rand](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-g-rand/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Misinformation and Its Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/misinformation-and-its-impacts/)

## Paper topics

- [Misinformation and Its Impacts](https://scholariq.org/topics/misinformation-and-its-impacts/)
- [Educational Strategies and Epistemologies](https://scholariq.org/topics/educational-strategies-and-epistemologies/)
- [Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment](https://scholariq.org/topics/psychology-of-moral-and-emotional-judgment/)

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