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ArticleHuman communication research2026

Overconfidence in ability to discern cancer misinformation: a conceptual replication and extension.

Benjamin Lyons, Andy J King, Kimberly A Kaphingst

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Article in Human communication research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin LyonsDepartment of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7096-900X
Andy J KingDepartment of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2789-2550
Kimberly A KaphingstDepartment of Communication, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-9080

Funding

UTAH REGIONAL CANCER CENTERP30CA042014 · NCI · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Jared P Rutter · 1986 to 2026
$72.6M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA042014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study conducts a conceptual replication and extension of prior research on overconfidence in discerning political misinformation, shifting focus to health. Using data from a national survey of American adults linked to web-browsing records (

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behavioral datadigital trace datahealth communicationmisinformationoverconfidence

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PMID41492462
PMCPMC12757683

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