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Science communication

laypeople's overconfidence in judging scientific claims after reading easy popularized texts, leading them to rely less on experts.

In science communication, easiness effect refers to laypeople's overconfidence in judging scientific claims after reading easy popularized texts, leading them to rely less on experts. This meaning comes from Scharrer (2016) in Public Understanding of Science.[1]

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References

Scharrer, L., Rupieper, Y., Stadtler, M., & Bromme, R. (2016). When science becomes too easy: Science popularization inclines laypeople to underrate their dependence on experts. Public Understanding of Science, 26(8), 1003-1018. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662516680311

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