Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation

Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation

Abstract Vaccine misinformation endangers public health by contributing to reduced vaccine uptake. We developed a short online game to reduce people’s susceptibility to vaccine misinformation. Building on inoculation theory, the Bad Vaxx game exposes people to weakened doses of manipulation techniqu...

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Main Authors: Ruth E. Appel, Jon Roozenbeek, Rebecca Rayburn-Reeves, Melisa Basol, Jonathan Corbin, Josh Compton, Sander van der Linden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Misinformation
Vaccine
Gamification
Inoculation theory
Technique recognition
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-09462-5
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