Study examines the power of suggestion
Posted on September 22, 2011
A study led by Charles Cho, a professor in the John Molson School of Business, examines whether students are more likely to doubt sound scientific conclusions on global warming when exposed to websites that deny climate change. The study measured the responses of 278 Concordia students and found that misinformation increased uncertainty and decreased trust about competing logic. Coverage of this story appears in the Toronto Star.