Gordon Pennycook

Prof Assoc
Psychology · CAS

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

312 publications
34,862 citations
78 h-index
Social Sciences
Rising Papers (4)
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
30 citations · 29.0x 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
23 citations · 130.1x expected for field
2025-08-04 · Trends in Cognitive Sciences · Sociology and Political Science
Addressing misperceptions takes more than combating fake news
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
David G. RandProfessor, Marketing & Management Communication Faculty · GM
19 citations · 38.0x 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
15 citations · 32.2x expected for field
Top Papers (3)
2024-09-12 · Science · Sociology and Political Science
Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
235.3x expected for field · 305 citations
2024-05-13 · Nature Human Behaviour · Sociology and Political Science
Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
145.3x expected for field · 188 citations
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
130.1x expected for field · 23 citations
Recent Papers (15)
2026-08-26 · Journal of Environmental Psychology · Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Greenwashing training fosters a general skepticism toward advertisements
Gordon PennycookProf Assoc, Psychology · CAS
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