Conference Agenda

Session

S7-3: Social and cognitive perspectives on AI, conspiracy beliefs, and public health

Time:

Saturday, 06/June/2026:

3:00pm - 4:30pm

Presentations

Social and cognitive perspectives on AI, conspiracy beliefs, and public health

Chair(s): Alessandro Santirocchi (Sapienza University, Italy)

Presentations of the Symposium

Debunking anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracies with AI: limited belief change, clear emotional shifts

Mauro Giacomantonio, Nadia Valsecchi, Matteo Bonora
Sapienza University

Prosociality, anxiety and hesitancy: understanding COVID-19 vaccination intention in India

Divya Bathia¹, Alessandro Santirocchi², Rakhi Gupta¹, Pietro Spataro³, Clelia Rossi-Arnaud², Vincenzo Cestari²
¹Jindal Global University, ²Sapienza University, ³Mercatorum University

When artificial faces feel real: memory and confidence in the recognition of GAN-generated faces

Pietro Spataro¹, Aicia Naser², Roberto Atzeni², Alessandro Santirocchi², Antonino Esposito³, Vincenzo Cestari², Clelia Rossi-Arnaud²
¹Mercatorum University, ²Sapienza University, ³University of Ferrara