Fig. 2: Distributions of success and of veracity judgments.
From: Metacognition biases information seeking in assessing ambiguous news
a Probability densities of correct veracity judgment (i.e., the proportion of false news judged as false and of true news judged as true) are displayed separated by news themes (ecology, democracy, social justice) and news veracity (true or false). Individuals were better at evaluating news that was true than a news that was false. The likelihood of success was higher for news that was actually true. b Probability densities of news reported as being true are displayed separated by news themes (ecology, democracy, social justice) and news veracity (true or false). There was more news judged as true than false (i.e., Probability Density function skewed to the right), reflecting a bias toward judging news as true, with the exception of democracy-related news. n = 258.
