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Correcting cognitive biases can produce negative psychological outcomes

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Efforts to correct cognitive biases and irrational beliefs can sometimes produce negative psychological outcomes, such as backfire effects that reinforce the original biases or create new cognitive hazards.

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Misinformation lingers in memory: Failure of three pro-vaccination strategies.

2017 · cited by 104

Paper [0] demonstrates that attempts to correct misinformation or cognitive beliefs can backfire, reinforcing ill-founded beliefs and reducing vaccination intentions.

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Government Regulation of Irrationality: Moral and Cognitive Hazards

2006 · cited by 96

Paper [1] highlights that paternalistic attempts to correct human irrationality can create 'cognitive hazards,' magnifying existing biases and causing adverse psychological effects.

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