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What the evidence found 3 findings
Based on 11 sources:
PMC (PubMed Central) peer-reviewed View
American Psychological Association peer-reviewed View
ScienceDirect peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate peer-reviewed View
PMC - NIH peer-reviewed View
UCLA Taylor Lab institutional View
Scripps College institutional View
PMC/NCBI peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate peer-reviewed View
Based on 12 sources:
ResearchGate publication on political misperceptions peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate study on self-affirmation and corrective information peer-reviewed View
University research on inoculations against misleading information institutional View
Wood et al. (2009) - Psychological Science peer-reviewed View
Wood, Perunovic & Lee (2009) peer-reviewed View
Wood et al. - Psychological Science 2009 peer-reviewed View
Stanford Education institutional View
American Psychological Association peer-reviewed View
PMC/NCBI peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate peer-reviewed View
PMC/National Center for Biotechnology Information peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate peer-reviewed View
Based on 13 sources:
ResearchGate publication peer-reviewed View
PMC article peer-reviewed View
Mental Health publication institutional View
ResearchGate publication peer-reviewed View
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience peer-reviewed View
PMC peer-reviewed View
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PMC article on self-talk effects peer-reviewed View
Science Direct neuroscience study peer-reviewed View
PMC neural correlates study peer-reviewed View
PMC article on emotional processing peer-reviewed View
PubMed study on attentional control peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate publication on emotional processing peer-reviewed View
What research hasn't answered 4 gaps
PMC (PubMed Central) peer-reviewed View
American Psychological Association peer-reviewed View
ScienceDirect peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
PubMed peer-reviewed View
ResearchGate publication peer-reviewed View
PMC article peer-reviewed View
Mental Health publication institutional View
ResearchGate publication peer-reviewed View
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience peer-reviewed View
Sources 20 findings
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2014 Brummelman argumentation
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2009 Wood argumentation
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2017 Wood argumentation
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2009 Wood argumentation
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Generated by reaso.ai's editorial pipeline: claim restated, scientific consensus classified via 3-run majority vote, 20 findings enriched with attribution and study type, narrative written in neutral voice. No individual researcher has signed off on this specific analysis — see methodology for how the pipeline works. Built with Claude Sonnet by Anthropic. Updated April 16, 2026. How we do this →

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