Gordon Pennycook

Prof Assoc

Psychology · CAS

Gordon Pennycook serves as Associate Professor in Psychology at Cornell University.

309 publications

34,515 citations

77 h-index

Social Sciences

Rising Papers (3)

2025-12-04 · Nature · Artificial Intelligence

Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

23 citations · 26.2x expected for field

2026-01-22 · Science · Artificial Intelligence

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

19 citations · 129.2x expected for field

2025-10-14 · PNAS Nexus · Sociology and Political Science

Dialogues with large language models reduce conspiracy beliefs even when the AI is perceived as human

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

14 citations · 32.2x expected for field

Recent Papers (14)

2026-08-06 · arXiv (Cornell University) · Sociology and Political Science

Reducing belief in conspiracy theories as they unfold using large language models

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-05-30 · Political Behavior · Literature and Literary Theory

Unbundling Digital Media Literacy Tips: Results from Two Experiments

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-05-12 · Cognition · Cognitive Neuroscience

Increasing conflict between intuitions triggers deliberation

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-03-30 · Harvard Dataverse

Replication Data for: "Unbundling Digital Media Literacy Tips: Results from Two Experiments"

David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-02-11 · Current Directions in Psychological Science · General Social Sciences

Using Artificial Intelligence to Better Understand Human Intelligence

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

2026-01-28 · Sociology and Political Science

Dialogues on Democracy: Belief-Tailored AI Conversations Reduce Inaccurate Election Denial Beliefs

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-01-22 · Science · Artificial Intelligence

How malicious AI swarms can threaten democracy

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

2026-01-08 · arXiv (Cornell University) · Sociology and Political Science

Large language models can effectively convince people to believe conspiracies

David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Safety Research

AI Epistemic Risks: Emerging Mechanisms & Evidence

David RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2026-01-01 · SSRN Electronic Journal · Sociology and Political Science

<p>Consensus, Disagreements, and Open Questions in the Psychology of Misinformation</p>

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

2025-12-04 · Nature · Artificial Intelligence

Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM

2025-12-01 · Psychological Science

Is Overconfidence a Trait? An Adversarial Collaboration

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2025-10-14 · PNAS Nexus · Sociology and Political Science

Dialogues with large language models reduce conspiracy beliefs even when the AI is perceived as human

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS

2025-09-29 · Sociology and Political Science

Dialogues with Large Language Models reduce conspiracy beliefs even when the AI is perceived as human

Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS