Fig. 4: The likelihood of choosing to receive extra information decreased as confidence in news veracity judgment increased.
From: Metacognition biases information seeking in assessing ambiguous news
a Panels show no decrease in the probability of acquiring extra information as imprecision or polarization increases (n = 258). b The probability of being willing to receive extra information about the news decreases as the confidence in one’s judgment about news veracity increases. This decrease is steeper for news judged as false as compared to those judged as true. c The WTP (max: 25 EUC) was higher for the choices to receive extra information than for the choices to not receive it. d The WTP to receive extra information about the news was not affected by the degree of confidence in one’s judgment about news veracity, whereas the WTP to avoid receiving extra information about the news increased with the degree of confidence in judgment about news veracity.
