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Mikey Biddlestone @BiddlePsych

Research Associate @COSPIRACY_FX @KentPsychology @UniKent. Studying Misinformation | Conspiracy Beliefs | Political Psychology (he/him).

Joined March 2019
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Mikey Biddlestone@BiddlePsych
9 Sep 2025
🚨New open access paper out in BJP special issue "Psychological Understanding of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Face of Environmental Crises"! “Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing” 🧵👇 1/12 📖 doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70023
Landing page for our article "Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing" published in the British Journal of Psychology.

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🚨New open access paper out in BJP special issue "Psychological Understanding of Misinformation and Disinformation in the Face of Environmental Crises"! “Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing” 🧵👇 1/12 📖 doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70023
Landing page for our article "Fighting fire with fire: Prebunking with the use of a plausible meta-conspiracy framing" published in the British Journal of Psychology.

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I would like to thank my fantastic co-authors: @Psych_Green, @dtoribio8, @dylan_psych, Robbie M. Sutton, & @Karen_Douglas! 11/12
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Once again, the paper can be found open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1111/bjop.70023 #Misinformation #ConspiracyTheories #Prebunking #ClimateChange #COVID19 12/12

British Journal of Psychology | Wiley Online Library

Prebunking can be used to pre-emptively refute conspiracy narratives. We developed a new approach to prebunking – fighting fire with fire – which introduces a plausible ‘meta-conspiracy’ suggesting...

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Our recent paper on improving AOT and reducing #misinformation susceptibility with prebunking (@RakoenMaertens, @Sander_vdLinden et al.) was picked up by @PsyPost! psypost.org/a-simple-cogniti…

A simple cognitive vaccine can make you more resistant to misinformation

A recent study tested whether people can be “inoculated” against misinformation by shifting how they think. The results suggest that boosting open-minded thinking through a simple message can reduce...

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Read the full open access paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Our article "Norm-enhanced prebunking for actively open-minded thinking indirectly improves misinformation discernment and reduces conspiracy beliefs" has now been published open access in @JExpSocPsych! @RakoenMaertens @Sander_vdLinden authors.elsevier.com/sd/arti… 🧵👇

Mikey Biddlestone@BiddlePsych
10 Nov 2024
🚨Check out our new pre-print!🚨 “Norm-enhanced prebunking for actively open-minded thinking indirectly improves misinformation discernment and reduces conspiracy beliefs” 1/N papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
Abstract page for our pre-print of “Norm-enhanced prebunking for actively open-minded thinking indirectly improves misinformation discernment and reduces conspiracy beliefs”

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🚨New paper🚨with Jon Roozenbeek, @JaneSuit, @CullotyEileen, & @Sander_vdLinden: Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation 1/16 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Landing page for our new open access article “Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation”, published in Political Psychology.

ALT Landing page for our new open access article “Tune in to the prebunking network! Development and validation of six inoculation videos that prebunk manipulation tactics and logical fallacies in misinformation”, published in Political Psychology.

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We would like to thank @PolPsyISPP for their impressive peer-review process, as well as @AUKCabOffice and @dfatirl for their funding. I would also like to thank my co-authors for their incredible work on this project! 15/16
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The paper is open access, and the videos can be downloaded from this OSF link: osf.io/8g7jc/ 16/16 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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