Some people stick to beliefs that do not align with scientific consensus when faced with science communication that contradicts those misperceptions. Two preregistered experiments (total N = 1,256) investigated the causal role of motivated reasoning in the effectiveness of correcting misperceptions. In both experiments, accuracy-driven reasoning led to a larger corrective effect of a science communication message than reasoning driven by directional motivation. Individuals’ default reasoning made them just as receptive to the correction as accuracy-driven reasoning. This finding supports a more optimistic view of human receptivity to science communication than often found in the literature.

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纠正误解：动机在关于疫苗和食品安全的纠正性科学传播中的因果作用

当面对与这些误解相矛盾的科学传播时，有些人坚持与科学共识不一致的信念。两个预先注册的实验（总 N = 1,256）调查了动机推理在纠正误解的有效性中的因果作用。在这两个实验中，准确性驱动的推理比定向动机驱动的推理对科学传播信息产生了更大的纠正效果。个人的默认推理使他们与准确性驱动的推理一样容易接受纠正。这一发现支持了一种比文献中常见的人类对科学传播的接受度更乐观的观点。