Panayiota (Pani) Kendeou, Guy Bond Chair in Reading and professor in the Department of Educational Psychology’s psychological foundations of education program, was recently featured in the Voice of America (VOA) article, “Psychology researchers explore how vaccine beliefs are formed.”
Kendeou shared findings from her ongoing work in her Reading + Language Lab and the Global Signature Program study on misconceptions and misinformation around vaccines.
“Having good logical arguments, it’s a great first step. But also alerting [people] that they need to pay attention to who provides those logical arguments is even more important,” she said.
Kendeou told VOA, while not easy, it is possible to refute misinformation around vaccinations.
“Misconceptions never fully go away, but we can lessen their impact by reminding people to think critically and seek good evidence to refute bad arguments,” she said.
Learn more about Kendeou’s research on debunking misconceptions:
- Kendeou gives keynote on debunking misconceptions at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany
- Kendeou gives talks on reading comprehension at University of Padova, Italy
- Kendeou gives plenary at SciX on science of debunking misconceptions
- Kendeou presents at symposium on reducing impact of misinformation, fake news
- CEHD Connect article: Debunking misinformation around autism
- Global Signature researchers present on misinformation surrounding ASD
For more on Kendeou’s research related to language and memory with a focus on understanding and improving learning during reading, visit her Reading + Language Lab site.
