Ullrich K. H. Ecker

Ullrich K. H. Ecker is a Professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow at the School of Psychological Science, University of Western Australia, where he also holds an appointment with the Public Policy Institute. Ecker's research focuses on memory and misinformation, including the continued influence of false information after correction, inoculation approaches to prebunking, and the spread and behavioral consequences of misinformation. Additional areas of work include causal inference, conspiracy theories, and metacognition, as well as the implications of AI-generated misinformation for public understanding of science and democratic processes.