ALT Title: Fact or fiction? Harnessing misinformation to teach scientific and information literacy Speaker: Professor Susan A. Nolan Fulbright Scholar Seton Hall University (USA) University of New South Wales (Australia) ABSTRACT Political “fake news” may get more attention, but science “fake news” is dangerous, too. As psychology instructors, we are perfectly situated to help students develop the critical thinking, information literacy, and scientific literacy skills they need to differentiate among reports of strong (and hopefully reproducible) evidence, stories that are ultimately some form of misinformation, and reports that are legitimate but get the science wrong in some way, like the exaggerations of “clickbait” stories. By integrating activities, assignments, and discussions throughout the semester, we can help students build the “need for cognition” that drives us to enjoy thinking critically and scientifically.