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  • Gregory, R; Ohlson, D.; Arvai, J. (Ecological Society of America, 2006)
    The concept of adaptive management has, for many ecologists, become a foundation of effective environmental management for initiatives characterized by high levels of ecological uncertainty. Yet problems associated with ...
  • Vastfjall, Daniel; Slovic, Paul; Gergory, Robin (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012)
    This paper describes a psychological phenomenon called psychic numbing that devalues lives when many are at stake and thus enables political leaders to neglect mass suffering, in violation of our professed humanitarian ...
  • Feldman-Stewart, Deb; Brundage, Michael; Van Manen, Lori; Svenson, Ola (Wiley Open Access, 2004-01-19)
    Purpose To study the cognitive processes of early-stage prostate cancer patients as they determined which treatment they preferred, using our cognitively based decision aid. Method The aid was a one-to-one interview ...
  • Kunreuther, Howard; Slovic, Paul (1996)
  • 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 ...
  • Dickert, Stephan; Slovic, Paul (Frontiers Media, 2011-11-15)
    Classical economic approaches to the study of preferences and risky choices assume that human preferences are stable and rational. However, subsequent empirical research has demonstrated that preferences are often constructed ...
  • Lichtenstein, Sarah; Gregory, Robin; Irwin, Julie (Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 2007-06)
    Some decision situations are so objectionable or repugnant that people refuse to make a choice. This paper seeks to better understand taboo responses, and to distinguish choices that are truly taboo from those that are ...

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