Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning

@article{Pennycook2019LazyNB,
  title={Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning},
  author={Gordon Pennycook and David G. Rand},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2019},
  volume={188},
  pages={39-50}
}
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