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¹Psychologisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. christian.unkelbach@psychologie.uni-heidelberg.de

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Repeated statements feel truer due to recollection and processing fluency. This study models the truth effect, showing fluency interpretation is adaptable, not purely automatic.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Decision Making

Background:

The truth effect describes the phenomenon where repeated statements are perceived as more true.
This effect is attributed to increased validity from recollection and enhanced processing fluency.
Understanding the interplay between automatic and controlled cognitive processes is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a comprehensive model of the truth effect using multinomial processing trees (MPT).
To investigate whether the interpretation of processing fluency is automatic or controllable.
To examine how ecological validity influences the interpretation of fluency experiences.

Main Methods:

Utilized multinomial processing trees (MPT) to model cognitive processes underlying the truth effect.
Designed experiments to differentiate between automatic processing fluency and its controlled interpretation.
Manipulated ecological validity to assess its impact on the use of fluency feedback.

Main Results:

The study confirmed that increased processing fluency from repetition is an automatic process.
Demonstrated that the interpretation and utilization of this fluency experience are not strictly automatic.
Showed that individuals can adapt their interpretation of fluency based on external validity cues.

Conclusions:

The truth effect arises from both automatic fluency and controlled interpretation of cognitive feedback.
The interpretation of processing fluency is flexible and can be modulated by environmental factors.
The truth effect exemplifies the adaptive use of internal process feedback for belief formation.