Researchers want the public to test themselves: https://yourmist.streamlit.app/. Selecting true or false against 20 headlines gives the user a set of scores and a “resilience” ranking that compares them to the wider U.S. population. It takes less than two minutes to complete.
The paper
Edit: the article might be misrepresenting the study and its findings, so it’s worth checking the paper itself. (See @realChem 's comment in the thread).
18/20, wonder which ones I got wrong.
You can adjust your answers and hit “submit” again. I had 18/20 correct the first time, but there were 2 where I was “Well, maybe - it’s just plausible enough to be a real headline.”
I went back and second-guessed the two I was iffy on and got 20/20 when I hit “submit” again.
After it gives you your score you can scroll back up and change answers to find out