Source credibility modulates the validation of implausible information.

Mem Cognit · 2020 · PMC7683457 · PMID 32651943

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failed to reach significancep = .124not close (p > 0.1)

In contrast, spillover sentences following a world-knowledge consistent target sentence combined with a high credibility source ( M = 2,418 ms, SE = 86) led to faster reading times than spillover sentences following a world-knowledge consistent target sentence combined with a low credibility source ( M = 2,610, SE = 86), but this difference failed to reach significance, t (1541) = −1.54, p = .124.

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