Stories by Asher Lawson

Asher Lawson is an assistant professor of decision sciences at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.

Man staring at a laptop screen that reads 'This Story is Utterly False, Share!'

BehaviorNovember 12, 2021

Personality Type, as well as Politics, Predicts Who Shares Fake News

Highly impulsive people who lean conservative are more likely to share false news stories. They have a desire to create chaos and won’t be deterred by fact-checkers

Asher Lawson, Hemant Kakkar