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David Rapp
Field:
Focus Areas:
Data Visualization, Memory, Misinformation and Fake News
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Stephanie Kulke
School of Education and Social Policy, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Professor of psychology and of learning sciences
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
About
Areas of Focus
- Fake news and media literacy
- Processing inaccurate information
- Source credibility
- Comprehension and memory for text
- Narrative and expository comprehension
- Discourse processes
- Data visualization
- Persuasion
Work/Research
- Language and memory, focusing on the cognitive mechanisms responsible for successful learning and knowledge failures
- How memory is influenced by the plausibility and importance of everyday events, the credibility of sources and the collaborative nature of group discussions
- Prior knowledge, text and visual materials, and how learning goals influence the processes and products of our experiences