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Who do you think is responsible for misperceptions about immigration?
What are some of the most common misperceptions about vitamins?
Due to the opaque nature of the program, misperceptions inevitably rise.
The West African outbreak gave the lie to all those misperceptions.
Yes, Cruz said, he knew there were misperceptions about his stance.
The senator is surely not alone in her misperceptions about weed.
Simply informing them about these misperceptions creates marked decreases in animosity.
Their own rhetoric has also fostered misperceptions and fed anger for decades.
Such misperceptions, irksome as they are to Mr Frey, are also telling.
But people should not feel bad about their own misperceptions, he says.
Political satire unintentionally creates misperceptions in readers and viewers all the time.
But some misperceptions follow intentional fabrications or exaggerations of the law's impact.
Listen here Where journalism stands Preston: What are the misperceptions of journalism?
But at least one owner, Khan, is willing to address any misperceptions.
"These misperceptions of Islam are not just hateful, they're deadly," he said.
Mehling believes public misperceptions and regulatory hurdles have unduly complicated that process.
We will continue to clearly communicate these distinctions to avoid any misperceptions.
But experts say the general public doesn't understand this, and misperceptions abound.
Don't fuel the misperceptions about mental health for the sake of a joke.
Moreover, audiences often resist the attempts of news organisations to correct their misperceptions.
Fortunately, a growing number of colleges are starting to take tuition misperceptions seriously.
Misperceptions were particularly high when people were asked to describe the other party.
After watching Ervin, I decided to look into misperceptions of how athletes age.
They should be resumed now, as nuclear accidents and misperceptions become more likely.
Of course, the choice architect has tools to try to remedy misinformation and misperceptions.
PepsiCo "deliberately cultivates" consumer misperceptions through its marketing of Naked drinks, the complaint said.
There are many misperceptions about the families of children covered by Medicaid and CHIP.
What are the biggest misperceptions you encounter when you talk with members and staff?
One of the biggest misperceptions about Facebook is that the company sells your personal information.
Once people believe something that's not true, it becomes very hard to dislodge those misperceptions.
Overcoming barriers There seems to be some misperceptions about what mental health care services involve.
"Misperceptions and biases against immigrants can interact and reinforce each other," Alesina and Stantcheva write.
Insider spoke with mental health experts to debunk some common myths and misperceptions about DID.
He plans to correct some misperceptions about the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern history.
We wish we had the opportunity to clarify misperceptions about our company prior to the vote.
Beyond dispelling ignorance and misperceptions, here are six quick suggestions to try to win over sceptics.
He just went with them as if it was some sort of comic show of misperceptions.
Now, there have been misperceptions that we're trying to make all information open, but that's false.
The consequences of these online discussions include awareness of, use of and misperceptions about the product.
As white Americans, our lazy misperceptions of communities of color result in negligence, erasure, and violence.
Researchers have found that facts alone rarely dislodge misperceptions, and in some cases even strengthen mistaken beliefs.
In light of such misperceptions, public health officials are pushing a different message to overcome these hurdles.
Some of that has been deserved, but much of it relies on misperceptions about who we are.
Interventions may be needed to deter interest among young people and to correct these misperceptions, he said.
But for a young woman faced with an unplanned pregnancy, those are terrifying misperceptions to contend with.
But Nagle said Warren's apology to Cherokee leadership didn't go far enough in clearing up damaging misperceptions.
They find that misperceptions about immigration are widespread, and mostly serve to reduce support for redistributive programs.
Flashy video games like "Call of Duty" have helped solidify some misperceptions about combat and military life.
News media, with their emphasis on uncommon events (aka "news"), contribute to public misperceptions about risk as well.
One of the most important factors in whether misinformation creates misperceptions is a person's preexisting attitudes and opinions.
The four of us decided to evaluate the effectiveness of corrective information in reducing misperceptions during this election.
In Washington and across the nation, supporters of the law are doing what they can to combat misperceptions.
And, of course, images of these tactics, seen on screens around the country, further fuel misperceptions and xenophobia.
"One of the common misperceptions is how much labor contributes to the cost of a vehicle," she said.
He aggressively defended his proposal, offering a detailed rebuttal to what he cast as "misperceptions" about the proposal.
""But, the strategic vision in Tehran and Washington is now clouded by misperceptions, hostility, and domestic political problems.
In an environment of mutual insecurities, avoiding dangerous misperceptions should be a top priority for the U.S. administration.
French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu has taken a unique opportunity to correct public misperceptions about the musical icon's life.
And even when fact-checking succeeds at correcting misperceptions, it may not reduce supporters' embrace of the liar.
When respondents read a news article about Mr. Trump's speech that included F.B.I. statistics indicating that crime had "fallen dramatically and consistently over time," their misperceptions about crime declined compared with those who saw a version of the article that omitted corrective information (though misperceptions persisted among a sizable minority).
Yet transparency increases dissatisfaction not because it introduces information where there was none before, but because it corrects misperceptions.
The company also cites academic research that correcting a post containing misinformation through related articles can significantly reduce misperceptions.
Despite misperceptions of terrorists from the Middle East killing Americans, only 4 percent of mass shooters are Middle Eastern.
Use better data, faster The CMS should use more timely, relevant data to minimize misperceptions of current hospital performance.
I bring up this checkered track record because I wonder if once again our collective reporting isn't fueling misperceptions.
That's the scenario under which misperceptions potentially escalate into an actual war between the world's two largest nuclear powers.
But without rooting out bias in both training data and models, these algorithms risk simply codifying existing human misperceptions.
Though these misperceptions are bipartisan, Republicans are especially vulnerable because they are already so distrustful of the voting system.
I am contacting relatives and friends from Ohio and listening, but I'm also challenging misperceptions and misrepresentations of facts.
Was this destined to be another Hollywood version that undermined its potentially strong message by pandering to society's common misperceptions?
That so many prize committees rewarded the book despite its deficiencies shows how seductive misperceptions about the past can be.
Fears and misperceptions have inhibited funding such that today the global level of investment in this research is effectively zero.
UPDATE: The names have been returned as there were misperceptions by some people as to the reason for the removal.
The podcast gave birth to armchair detectives and conspiracy theorists who created a lot of "misperceptions" about Chapman, she tells PEOPLE.
O said on Friday that a letter sent to its board from the investor Canyon Capital contained misperceptions about the company.
To help challenge these misperceptions and bring attention to solutions, we have joined together as advisors for Advocates for Opioid Recovery.
Purdue Pharma intentionally decided not to correct doctors' misperceptions about the strength of OxyContin, according to a deposition obtained by ProPublica.
Somewhere between the DeLuxe Show and today, America was forced to confront its longstanding misperceptions on the value of black culture.
From overly inflated starting wages to misperceptions around warehouse policies, here are the biggest rumors about Costco that aren&apost true.
Article of the Day Before reading the article: Watch the Retro Report video above about myths and misperceptions about eating disorders.
So it's strange to me that's there's still so many misperceptions about what a Latino family looks like, sounds like, et cetera.
We encourage firms to approach our governments to address remaining questions, rather than forgo opportunities due to misperceptions or lack of information.
AADP's executive director, Carol Gillespie, says an obstacle to recruiting donors in ethnic minority communities is misperceptions about what the procedure entails.
"Persistent myths and misperceptions about the threat of radiation have resulted in 'paralyzing fatalism' among residents of affected areas," the report said.
Talks about how the world has changed and Hans shares how he had some misperceptions that he didn't see all the progress.
I should mention three important caveats: But even with these caveats there are important costs associated with our widespread misperceptions about crime.
"After talking with startup employees, we felt that there were a variety of misperceptions about the value of their options," Gornall said.
Part of what drove me to write this book was the realization that sustainable food is politicized, elitist, and riddled with misperceptions.
For this reason, we have tended in the past to keep a low profile, perhaps lending credence to misperceptions we are too secretive.
Contrary to some common misperceptions, Feng Shui isn't about decorating — it's about arranging your space to match what you're trying to bring in.
Doctors who loosely and freely offer diagnoses for individuals they have never interviewed threaten to make these terms cheap and ubiquitous, fueling misperceptions.
"One of the big misperceptions is that when currencies are weaker, that is universally negative for an emerging corporate," said partner Jeff Grills.
I'm going to take a break from All Things Trump this morning to talk about two important misperceptions in American life: The Flu.
The actress and singer penned an essay for Huffington Post about the film's significance and how it "stands up" to some "misperceptions" about adoption.
We discussed some of the misperceptions of diversity programs from those who criticize them as unfair, and the larger issues of diversity in Hollywood.
Below is an edited version of my recent interview with Altman, where I asked her to discuss some common misperceptions about Social Security's origins.
Luis Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, discusses the economic and cultural opportunities in Latin America that are lost due to misperceptions.
Just as we have a responsibility to correct misperceptions about our company, however, we also must listen to criticism and respond when it's appropriate.
Once AI captured the public imagination, it invariably led to many misconceptions, misperceptions and fears about the capabilities and potential impacts of the technology.
Three key challengesAfter the startup phase, women founders face three critical barriers to growing their companies: market misperceptions, network exclusion, and lack of funding.
These misperceptions were concentrated among respondents with little education, who tended to "work in sectors more exposed to immigrants," and who were right-wing.
Christian Basi, a spokesman, said the university was formulating a marketing campaign to correct what he called "misperceptions" about the extent of the unrest.
TD Ameritrade – The online brokerage firm's shares were upgraded to "buy" from "neutral" at UBS, which thinks the shares are attractive due to marketplace misperceptions.
Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky's prospect theory explained these quirks as a product of a seemingly inbuilt set of misperceptions, known collectively as cognitive bias.
And details intended to correct such misperceptions not only failed to do so, but made conservative readers more convinced that their initial belief was right.
It harmfully exploits misperceptions about U.S. spending on foreign aid, while neutering the federal agencies that wield the soft power tools which Americans strongly support.
Clarifying state preferences in this area will diminish misperceptions on tolerable assaults on democratic systems, and enhance the integrity and transparency of political processes and discourse.
When it comes time to make a decision, insurance's complexity and people's misperceptions about how much they need and what it costs can drive people away.
What they show is that misperceptions of who makes up the other party are everywhere, but they actually get worse as you consume more political media.
Like her state, Senator Harris's story up close is both more prosaic and more nuanced than the shiny image built in part on misperceptions about California.
Trump is also looking to use international relations in pursuit of economic ends, even as some observers worry his approach is based on misperceptions of economic forces.
His speeches were often unscripted and featured boasts on everything from his money to his IQ. He peppered them with dubiously sourced declarations, misperceptions and false statements.
"For instance, some people with dementia experience what are called misperceptions," Dr Karen Harrison-Dening, head of research and publications at Dementia UK, told Reuters via email.
The hope is that you'll correct misperceptions of someone else or come to know and respect their experiences more deeply, no matter how either of you voted.
The investigator could not conclude that Zwicharowski acted intentionally but blamed him for not correcting any misperceptions when a bystander laughed and took it as a joke.
The misperceptions here are likely compounded by Twitter, which has an outsize role in shaping how both media and political elites perceive politics but misrepresent the electorate.
But the really important — and somewhat frightening — conclusion of this survey is that these misperceptions get worse, not better, among people who pay more attention to politics.
Republicans have even more misperceptions, but note that the difference between Republicans' perceptions and Democrats' perceptions is small compared with the gap between Democrats' perceptions and reality.
Use PDUFA to require FDA to develop an outreach plan to address fears and misperceptions about expanded access for industry, advocacy organizations, patients and the public.  9.
Misperceptions about science can spread through social networks — not necessarily because people are deliberately sharing misinformation, but because scientific findings are difficult to understand and change over time.
Just because we don't see the faces behind the agencies or understand the complexities of their jobs doesn't mean that civil servants should be slandered with damaging misperceptions.
Bell's geopolitical team would oversee the economic-emancipation campaign; Victoria Geoghegan and Nick Lambert, from the corporate-and-financial team, would work on countering public "misperceptions" about Oakbay.
This was an absolute abomination of justice, and it speaks to the growing public misperceptions of police use of force that have often gotten lost in political disputes.
"Since Hurricane Irma, we've seen arrivals shrink," Bisbe York said on the sidelines of the event organized by U.S. travel agency insightCuba to dispel tourist misperceptions about Cuba.
Some studies of those misperceptions blame a change in life style: as people drive more, and have less contact with neighbors, they report a greater fear of crime.
Opinion In the quarter-century since the end of the Cold War, profound grievances, misperceptions and disappointments have often defined the relationship between the United States and Russia.
"Guidance regarding persons that should be on PrEP has remained consistent from CDC, but misperceptions in what makes a person eligible for PrEP are rampant," Siegler said by email.
Drawing on the insights of many of these luminaries, he shows how the American worldview contributes to misperceptions of other countries' motives and actions and, consequently, to blunders abroad.
Armed with this article's perspective on the rise of AI, in future columns we will examine some of the misperceptions, policy implications and societal impacts of this burgeoning technology.
Neither of these things are actually true—opossums are actually resistant to rabies and generally pretty terrified of predators like us—yet myths and misperceptions about the opossum abound.
Addressing other entities as moral peers seems a nonstarter: it's unclear where the boundary of peership begins, and efforts to figure it out snag on our biases and misperceptions.
In its earnings release, Tesla stated that a key challenge for the company would be to eliminate misperceptions about the differences between the Model S and the Model 3.
Tim Ward and Jon Matthews had a simple mission: to fight stereotypes and misperceptions surrounding West Virginia, and to show what it means to be queer in a rural community.
" Block goes on to write that he is shocked traders see the Fed raising rates in September or November, and noted, "I do intend to take advantage of hawkish misperceptions.
Some of the misperceptions of Cowboy and me, one is — with due respect — Ellen and I are different people; and that we only invest in women ventures or e-commerce.
His attorneys are also seeking to move the trial, alleging North Charleston's residents are unduly influenced by a "toxic stew of half-truths, misperceptions and false narratives," according to CNN.
"He told us to treat everyone like family, to speak up actively about all of the positive aspects of Islam, to combat misperceptions," Mohammed Hassan, 31, said in Ozone Park.
But, as potentially the first African-American first lady, I was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations; conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others.
"Reliable data and evidence are critical to combat misperceptions about migration and to inform migration policies," Liu Zhenmin, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, said in a statement.
"One of the misperceptions that exists today is that it's one or the other," Francine Katsoudas, chief people officer at Cisco, which is a member of the Business Roundtable, told Axios.
Now it's responding to what it calls misperceptions by four senators in a letter they wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, requesting it open an investigation into the deal.
Misperceptions about crime were less common, though still widespread, among Clinton supporters — 58 percent said crime was up over the last decade, and 363 percent said it was about the same.
This means rejuvenating the NATO-Russia Council from the relatively meaningless, unproductive debating society it is today into a neutral forum where disagreements can be solved and misperceptions can be remedied.
In comments on Sunday at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the sultan said there were "many questions and misperceptions with regard to the implementation" of the laws.
The draft report "included inflated numbers that will lead to misunderstandings and misperceptions" of the department's efforts and compliance with court orders, wrote DHS liaison to the inspector general, Jim Crumpacker.
So we asked the BuzzFeed Community to share what their experiences have been with taking medication for mental illness — what they wish people knew and what misperceptions they'd like to clear up.
A month ago, leaked e-mails showed that the UAE had arranged a secret $20m donation to the Middle East Institute, a respected think-tank, to counter "egregious misperceptions about the region".
"There are a lot of misperceptions about what home health care is," said Carol Levine, director of the United Hospital Fund's Families and Health Care Project, a sponsor of the new report.
"Imprecise use of the term 'cyberattack' in open source media reporting and throughout the private sector has led to misperceptions about the cyber threat to the U.S. energy sector," the report reads.
Or perhaps it is the fact that some top companies aren't even considering hiring junior developers from alternative training programs because they are stymied by misperceptions about the quality of bootcamp grads.
In short, the misperceptions — that there are many immigrants, and that they are likely to be freeloaders — are a perfect cocktail for reducing support for redistribution, according to Alesina and Stantcheva's model.
"The Parties in Our Heads: Misperceptions about Party Composition and Their Consequences," by Douglas J. Ahler, a political scientist at Florida State University, and Gaurav Sood, then a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown.
Luckily, French cartoonist Pénélope Bagieu's recent graphic novel California Dreamin': Cass Elliot Before the Mamas and the Papas has taken a unique opportunity to correct public misperceptions about the musical icon's life.
He told The New York Times that he was unsure at first if he should come out, but that he wanted to help change misperceptions that people still have about living with HIV.
I have also been outraged by the misperceptions that continue to exist about learning disabilities and testing accommodations, so I commend your reporters for their accurate descriptions of the law and the process.
"It's really bare bones, our network, contrary to common misperceptions about the government wasting money," said Pieter Tans, chief of a unit that monitors greenhouse gases at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
They're not aiming to condemn people with misperceptions about immigration or argue for increased immigration; they're just trying to put together an accurate model of how people's opinions on the topic are formed.
In a survey looking at public misperceptions about the environment, researchers at King's College London found two-thirds of people surveyed agreed with the British Parliament that the world is facing a climate emergency.
While school discipline and interactions with law enforcement are among the most serious ways that misperceptions of black girls can negatively affect them, there are other ways that this bias can have an impact.
"Darkness, the ninth plague, continues to envelop us," said Yona Shem-Tov, a Jewish communal leader in New York City, comparing darkness to modern misperceptions that obscure our view of people different from us.
"Over half of the students (52%) say they don't know anyone with a job in STEM, revealing broad unfamiliarity with STEM skills and misperceptions about where these skills can be applied," the study says.
The researchers said people's misperceptions about their own body weight may be stifling their motivation to lose pounds, or that doctors may not be discussing weight loss with their patients, according to a news release.
"By minimizing the very real and tremendous challenges women often face when seeking abortion care, TV shows can perpetuate misperceptions among the general public about the existence and consequences of real-world restrictions on abortion."
The public sees only those instances (reportedly 68 out of 172 cases) in which OCE "indicts" rather than "clears" a subject, leading to misperceptions about the OCE's ability and willingness to sort out meritless allegations.
Due to a misguided education system and public misperceptions, the labor market's unprecedented need for highly-skilled workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields is not being fulfilled and American manufacturing is suffering.
He called for both sides to "avoid misunderstanding and misperceptions," and to respect each other's core interests — a polite warning not to meddle in the South China Sea, which Beijing regards as a core interest.
"We all want to avoid that things get out of control and that misperceptions and mishandling of situations make us sleepwalk into a war that will have devastating consequences," Guterres said at a news conference.
Dr. Volkow said she hoped the study would dispel misperceptions that some doctors have about Vivitrol, including that patients don't tolerate it well and that it doesn't work as well with cases of severe addiction.
Unlike his autobiographical theater-pieces "Freak" and "Ghetto Klown," this latest show presents a broad view of world history, correcting misperceptions and telling lesser-known stories about the contributions of Latin Americans to social progress.
Recent studies have shown, for instance, that correcting partisan misperceptions does not backfire most of the time — contrary to the results of Professors Nyhan and Reifler described above — but instead leads to more accurate beliefs.
"An environment in which people are distrustful of institutions can be fertile ground on which to promote conspiracy theories," said Brendan Nyhan, a professor at Dartmouth College who researches misperceptions about politics and health care.
"Clearing up so many outrageous misperceptions and lies probably won't happen overnight," Carter Page wrote in a text to The Hill on Tuesday, hinting that he believes the release of the full document could vindicate him.
There was a question about Bloomberg's attempt to ban sugary sodas in New York City, and a flippant final round focused on "misperceptions" about each candidate — but there was no mention of climate change, for example.
Thanks to these misperceptions, carefully nurtured by right-wing media, politicians can often get away with running on promises of drastic spending cuts: Many, perhaps most voters don't see how such cuts would affect their lives.
Under some circumstances, Mr. Corbett said, reporters may agree to read quotations back to sources — not with the understanding that they will be changed, but so that there can be an opportunity to discuss inaccuracies or misperceptions.
Regardless of the reason(s) behind men's orgasmic misperceptions, the data is clear in showing that men who are more attentive to their partners' orgasms are more satisfied with their sex lives—and their partners are, too.
One reason is widespread misperceptions among the public about clinical trials, such as the myths that some individuals get a placebo instead of the best treatment or must travel long distances to take part in a study.
They only care that Trump is able to carry out his misguided agenda unfettered and without any interference, even if it is based on outright lies and misperceptions, the way the justification for his border wall is.
Once they set aside some common misperceptions — that colleges are impressed by big-name recommendations, lots of extracurricular activities, and summers spent addressing the world's problems — this mother and daughter seemed as relieved as they were surprised.
"There are three main misperceptions that I talk to every investor about: You give up performance to be responsible investors, responsible investing isn't mainstream, and you can't make an impact in public market securities," Mr. Liberatore said.
"Corporate brands are always worried about any misperceptions that may happen as a result of either convention, but particularly with what's going on between Dallas and Trump," said Ford O'Connell, a GOP strategist who worked on Sen.
"Our licensee partners and local Chick-fil-A representatives are in continued conversations to clarify misperceptions about our company, and we look forward to serving all travelers who pass through the airport," it told the Bay Area Reporter.
"Our findings suggest that correcting misperceptions about the relative frequency of firearm-related violent deaths may make persons more cognizant of the actuarial risks to themselves and their family, thus creating new opportunities for prevention," the researchers wrote.
It's good for kids to learn early that the lines between information and entertainment are closely intertwined, and that sometimes in the name of constructing a compelling narrative, television creates misperceptions about what's actually happening in the world.
WebMD and UPMC collaborated on two surveys to assess perceptions and misperceptions regarding liver donation - one with 4,600 participants from the general public and the other with responses from 660 physicians, including primary care providers, gastroenterologists, and hepatologists.
They argued that they contributed to the stigmatization of the trans community, just as the inclusion of "homosexuality" in the DSM until 1973 fostered misperceptions that being gay was a mental disorder -- one that could be treated and cured.
The WHO investigated and blames the decline on several factors: misperceptions that sharing genetic sequence data substitutes for virus samples; complicated export procedures for virus shipments; and the political nature of decision-making at country level regarding virus sharing.
Nicholas Kristof ONE of the great misperceptions of this political year, among many Democrats and Republicans alike, is that Hillary Clinton is a third-rate candidate with no core or convictions — oops, wrong word, but you get the point.
Although the bulk of the credit must go to Schnabel's writing and directing, Brant was the primary producer of the film and helped to conceive perilous misperceptions about Basquiat: the street urchin, little terror, primitive artist, and junkie tragic hero.
They should, day in and day out, correct misperceptions and improve awareness, understanding and approval of their key policy positions — not wait until just before dropping a piece of legislation or an election and presume everyone knows what they intend.
Willem Molesworth, vice president of the Hong Kong Art Gallery Association (HKAGA) and director of the de Sarthe Gallery in Hong Kong, has been vocal on social media about his support of the fair and misperceptions surrounding the city's political climate.
"The enactment of the Judicial Redress Act is a critical step in rebuilding the trust of citizens worldwide in both the U.S. government and our industry and in addressing the misperceptions underlying the decision," they said in a letter to House leadership.
Partly exacerbated by the economic downturn in the country and partly by the public misperceptions that Syrians are stealing jobs and altering public culture, the welcoming attitude of many Turks has waned and led to sporadic incidents targeting Syrians in some areas.
Alesina and Stantcheva find that misperceptions about immigrants are highest among people with less education, and a recent paper by political scientists Charlotte Cavaille and John Marshall found that the introduction of mandatory schooling laws in Europe causally reduced opposition to immigration.
"We found him to be between a rock and a hard place, and it's been one of those things where he fully intended a different message than the one that came out and he's doing his best to correct any misperceptions," said Sen.
The former officer's defense team argues that there's a "toxic stew of half-truths, misperceptions and false narratives" surrounding the case in North Charleston, where city officials settled a civil suit with Scott's family for $6.5 million and where the video has been widely seen.
Defense officials have also complained that despite the last 16 years of war in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, the American public is increasingly disconnected from the military, and they say many people have misperceptions about serving and often don't personally know any service members.
"After all this studying that I did, I kind of felt like we were caught in this catch-53, where we don't like these misperceptions and these jokes that people make about narcolepsy, so then we're not sharing that we have it," Flygare said.
Cohan also noted that recent surveys "debunk the misperceptions of voter apathy on climate": A survey by Harvard and Politico showed that Democrats rank climate change neck-and-neck with healthcare and Trump-Russia allegations as the top issues motivating their vote in 2018.
Fueled by common misperceptions of Iran as a hotbed of Islamic extremism and long-bearded Haitullahs, a nuclear threat, and the cause of lasting trauma thanks to the 20143 hostage crisis, many Americans think that nothing about Iran or Iranian art can be value free.
While the book debunks a number of these myths, in this post I focus on two of the most pervasive misperceptions, describing what they miss about the history of conservative cross-state mobilization and what progressives can learn from a more accurate reading of right-wing history.
For more on the backfire effect and human tendency to disregard facts when they challenge their core beliefs, read a recent excellent article by The New Yorker here, as well as a Darthmouth study on political misperceptions (and how tough it is to challenge them) here. 
The FDA also is requiring all package labels and advertisements for these products to include a warning about the addictiveness of nicotine, in addition to other warnings required for cigarettes, to prevent consumer misperceptions about the relative addiction risk of using IQOS compared to combusted cigarettes.
So it decided to take this different approach, working with the county public health department and Stanford University to give the students tools to find creative ways to say no, engage in public speaking and articulate to their peers the dangers and misperceptions surrounding e-cigarettes.
"Open-ended questions designed to identify alternate (and potentially misleading) information that the patient has received—whether through the internet, social media, old-fashioned reading, or conversation with others—will help dispel misperceptions and ensure that both physician and patient are starting with the same set of facts," Macauley added.
"The fact that the state is doing it at a moment of heightened awareness around transgender people and misperceptions about what laws protecting transgender people are really about is really an important signal to the rest of the country," said Sarah Warbelow, the legal director for the Human Rights Campaign.
Now that one college acceptance season has just ended and another is revving up, Michael Arlen Davis's new documentary about the SAT exam is perfectly timed to capitalize on the pressure of the test, the anxiety of admissions process, and the overwhelming misperceptions about what can be done about them.
Further evidence cited in support of this of argument comes from a 2010 study by the political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler, who found that appending corrections to misleading claims in news articles can sometimes backfire: Not only did corrections fail to reduce misperceptions, but they also sometimes increased them.
Men think women have nearly four times as much sex as they actually do, according to a survey looking at sexual misperceptions in the US and UK. In the survey, researchers asked men and women how often they thought people aged 21 to 2000 had had sex within the last four weeks.
While the survey methodology has already been debunked, it is also worth highlighting that a 2016 survey by Global Strategy Group and the Tarrance Group, which surveyed both voters and borrowers, found that voters often had misperceptions about short-term, small-dollar loans that did not align with the reality borrowers reported.
"Well, now it&aposs 2018, and I think you look at a president who started his whole campaign and his presidency talking about a building a wall, citing a whole group of people as rapists ... There&aposs lots of misperceptions," said Suzan Johnson Cook, a former adviser to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (pictured above, on the left).
I'm honestly not entirely sure, and I don't want to suggest I'm some sort of expert on black romantic comedies — I'll guiltily admit that I haven't seen most of the films I just mentioned, though I am quite aware of how they are often misperceived by the industry, and of how my ignorance of them contributes to those misperceptions.
Why the change from-- SUZAN JOHNSON COOK, FORMER ADVISOR TO PRESIDENTS CLINTON AND OBAMA: Okay well now it&aposs 153 and I think you look at a President who started his whole campaign and his Presidency talking about building a wall, citing a whole group of people as racists and rapists and coming from a country, I mean there are lots of misperceptions.
"Each year we celebrate a man whom we have not come to understand," says Baldwin, a professor emeritus of religious studies at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee and author of the forthcoming book, "Behind the Public Veil: The Humanness of Martin Luther King, Jr." Consider what follows as "mythbusting MLK," a debunking of the five most persistent misperceptions about the civil rights leader.
Rather [than] once a year, [having] an alcohol-abuse presentation and a sexual assault presentation, if they have a several-week course that teaches them about unrealistic masculine expectations, and where these impulses and misperceptions are coming from, I think they are more likely to have a healthy college experience and to hold other brothers accountable to the same high standards.
"I think one of the things that's hard for people is we don't really have a great handle on whether it's from exposure from a long, long time ago—particularly for men—or whether it's more recent…and maybe the inability to answer some of these tricky questions is where the roots of some of these misperceptions come from," Rocco says.
And misperceptions among the general public about liver disease, liver transplants in general and the people who need them may be keeping some Americans from registering to become organ donors after death, according to survey results released June 14 by WebMD and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at the Living-Donor Liver Transplant Summit at the National Press Club in Washington DC. Despite advances in transplantation, more than 120,000 people are awaiting new organs, including 14,000 who need livers.

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