New research reveals that stress changes the way we deal with risk information. The research sheds light on how stressful events, such as a global crisis, can influence how information and misinformation about health risks spreads in social networks, according to researchers at the University of Konstanz in Germany. “The global coronavirus crisis, and the pandemic of misinformation that has spread in its wake, underscores the importance of understanding how people process and share information about health risks under stressful times,” said Dr.
Wolfgang Gaissmaier, a professor in social psychology at the University of Konstanz and senior author on the study. “Our results uncovered a complex web in which various strands of endocrine stress,
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