Browsing Slovic, Paul by Subject "Numeracy"

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  • Peters, Ellen; Slovic, Paul; Vastfjall, Daniel; Mertz, C. K. (Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2008-12)
    Measuring reaction times to number comparisons is thought to reveal a processing stage in elementary numerical cognition linked to internal, imprecise representations of number magnitudes. These intuitive representations ...
  • Kahan, Dan; Peters, Ellen; Dawson, Erica Cantrell; Slovic, Paul (The Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, 2013)
    Why does public conflict over societal risks persist in the face of compelling and widely accessible scientific evidence? We conducted an experiment to probe two alternative answers: the “Science Comprehension Thesis” ...
  • Kahan, Dan; Peters, Ellen; Dawson, Erica Cantrell; Slovic, Paul (Yale Law School, 2013)
    Why does public conflict over societal risks persist in the face of compelling and widely accessible scientific evidence? We conducted an experiment to probe two alternative answers: the “Science Comprehension Thesis” ...
  • Dickert, Stephan; Kleber, Janet; Peters, Ellen; Slovic, Paul (Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2011-10)
    Donation requests often convey numerical information about the people in need. In two studies, we investigated the effects of numeracy and presentation format on the underlying affective and cognitive mechanisms of donation ...
  • Kahan, Dan; Peters, Ellen; Braman, Donald; Slovic, Paul; Wittlin, Maggie; Larrimore Ouellette, Lisa; Mandel, Gregory (Yale Law School, 2011)
    The conventional explanation for controversy over climate change emphasizes impediments to public understanding: limited popular knowledge of science, the inability of ordinary citizens to assess technical information, and ...

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