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Unkelbach, Christian ORCID: 0000-0002-3793-6246, Bayer, Myriam, Alves, Hans, Koch, Alex ORCID: 0000-0002-6267-8066 and Stahl, Christoph ORCID: 0000-0002-9033-894X (2011). Fluency and positivity as possible causes of the truth effect. Conscious. Cogn., 20 (3). S. 594 - 603. SAN DIEGO: ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. ISSN 1090-2376

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Abstract

Statements' rated truth increases when people encounter them repeatedly. Processing fluency is a central variable to explain this truth effect. However, people experience processing fluency positively, and these positive experiences might cause the truth effect. Three studies investigated positivity and fluency influences on the truth effect. Study 1 found correlations between elicited positive feelings and rated truth. Study 2 replicated the repetition-based truth effect, but positivity did not influence the effect. Study 3 conveyed positive and negative correlations between positivity and truth in a learning phase. We again replicated the truth effect, but positivity only influenced judgments for easy statements in the learning phase. Thus, across three studies, we found positivity effects on rated truth, but not on the repetition-based truth effect: We conclude that positivity does not explain the standard truth effect, but the role of positive experiences for truth judgments deserves further investigation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Unkelbach, Christian UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3793-6246 UNSPECIFIED Bayer, Myriam UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Alves, Hans UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Koch, Alex UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6267-8066 UNSPECIFIED Stahl, Christoph UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-9033-894X UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-490192
DOI:	10.1016/j.concog.2010.09.015
Journal or Publication Title:	Conscious. Cogn.
Volume:	20
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 594 - 603
Date:	2011
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Place of Publication:	SAN DIEGO
ISSN:	1090-2376
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Human Sciences > Department Psychologie
Subjects:	Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERCEPTUAL FLUENCY; PROCESSING FLUENCY; WARM GLOW; FAMILIARITY; MEMORY; CUE; JUDGMENTS Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/49019