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Mitigating the seductive details effect by topic and irrelevance signals
Wesenberg et al. 2026 · randomised trial · touches 1 claim · used in 1 attack
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Which beliefs it touches
- C8 Distracting extras sets a limit on it
Randomised online experiment (N = 195): unmarked extras woven into a text lowered transfer (d = .74), but the same extras in grey boxes announced as a separate topic did not (equal to no extras, BF01 = 4.57); calling them irrelevant added nothing. C8 narrowed 2026-10-13 (presentation bound).
Attacks that used it
- C8 attack #3, 13 October 2026: narrowed