Papers by Emily K. Vraga
BiMind: A Dual-Head Reasoning Model with Attention-Geometry Adapter for Incorrect Information Detection (2026.acl-long)
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| Challenge: | Existing detection approaches struggle to balance content verification with knowledge modification under collapsed attention geometries. |
| Approach: | They propose a dual-head reasoning framework that disentangles content-internal reasoning from knowledge-augmented reasoning. |
| Outcome: | The proposed model outperforms detection approaches and provides interpretable diagnostics on when and why knowledge matters. |
The Psychology of Falsehood: A Human-Centric Survey of Misinformation Detection (2025.emnlp-main)
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Arghodeep Nandi, Megha Sundriyal, Euna Mehnaz Khan, Jikai Sun, Emily K. Vraga, Jaideep Srivastava, Tanmoy Chakraborty
| Challenge: | a survey examines the interplay between factual accuracy and cognitive biases . misinformation is more than just the existence of incorrect information, it also entails complex relationships between the information and the entities that consume it. |
| Approach: | They examine the interplay between traditional fact-checking and psychological concepts such as cognitive biases, social dynamics, and emotional responses. |
| Outcome: | The findings highlight limitations of current methods and identify opportunities for improvement . they also outline future research directions to create more robust frameworks . |