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The Arithmetic of Emotion: Integration of Incidental and Integral Affect in Judgments and Decisions

Vastfjall, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Burns, William J.; Erlandsson, Arvid; Koppel, Lina; Asutay, Erkin; Tinghog, Gustav (Frontiers Media, 2016-03-08)

Research has demonstrated that two types of affect have an influence on judgment and decision making: incidental affect (affect unrelated to a judgment or decision such as a mood) and integral affect (affect that is part ...
Incorporating structural models into research on the social amplification of risk: Implications for theory construction and decision making

Burns, William J.; Slovic, Paul; Kasperson, Roger; Kasperson, Jeanne; Renn, Ortwin; Emani, Srinivas (1993)

A comprehensive approach to managing risk must draw on both the descriptive insights of the behavioral sciences and the prescriptive clarity of the management sciences. On the descriptive side, this study develops structural ...
Structuring Uncertainty and Conflicting Objectives for Life or Death Decisions Following an Urban Biological Catastrophe

Rosoff, Heather; John, Richard; Burns, William J.; Siko, Robert (2012-09-04)

A large-scale biological terrorist attack would likely result in mass casualties and have major economic consequences for the affected area, and potentially for the nation as a whole. The extent to which an impacted area ...