Nina K Simms,Bryan J Matlen,Benjamin D Jee et al.
Nina K Simms et al.
Visual comparisons are pervasive in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction and practice. In previous work, adults' visual comparisons of simple stimuli were faster and more accurate when the layout of a display...
Playing a social dilemma game as an exploratory learning activity before instruction improves conceptual understanding [0.03%]
在教学前作为探索性学习活动玩社会困境游戏可以提高概念理解能力
Jason Bush,Marci S DeCaro,Daniel A DeCaro
Jason Bush
Society's most pressing problems involve social dilemmas, yet few individuals recognize and understand their core components. We examined how a serious social dilemma game used in an educational setting impacted understanding of a classic s...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of experimental psychology. Applied. 2023 Dec;29(4):725-746. DOI:10.1037/xap0000470 2023
Madalina Vlasceanu,Casey E McMahon,Jay J Van Bavel et al.
Madalina Vlasceanu et al.
Beliefs have long been theorized to predict behaviors and thus have been the target of many interventions aimed at changing false beliefs in the population. But does changing beliefs translate into predictable changes in behaviors? Here, we...
Joseph A Vitriol,Brian A O&#x;Shea,Jimmy Calanchini
Joseph A Vitriol
Educational and training programs designed to reduce racial bias often focus on increasing people's awareness of psychological sources of their biases. However, when people learn about their biases, they often respond defensively, which can...
Automated decision aids: When are they advisors and when do they take control of human decision making? [0.03%]
自动化决策辅助系统：它们是什么时候成为顾问的，什么时候控制了人类的决策过程？
Luke Strickland,Russell J Boag,Andrew Heathcote et al.
Luke Strickland et al.
We applied a computational model to examine the extent to which participants used an automated decision aid as an advisor, as compared to a more autonomous trigger of responding, at varying levels of decision aid reliability. In an air traf...
Susan Joslyn,Chao Qin,Jee Hoon Han et al.
Susan Joslyn et al.
Vaccine hesitancy in the COVID-19 pandemic remained a problem long after mRNA vaccines became available. This may be due in part to misunderstandings about the vaccines, arising from complexities of the science involved. Two experiments, co...
COVID-19 vaccine skeptics are persuaded by pro-vaccine expert consensus messaging [0.03%]
关于新冠疫苗的怀疑论者被劝说接受专家共识信息中的疫苗接种观点
Michał Białek,Ethan A Meyers,Patrícia Arriaga et al.
Michał Białek et al.
To further understand how to combat COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy, we examined the effects of pro-vaccine expert consensus messaging on lay attitudes about vaccine safety and intention to get a COVID-19 vaccine. We surveyed 729 unvaccinate...
Effects of inductive learning and gamification on news veracity discernment [0.03%]
诱导式学习和游戏化对新闻真实性的判断的影响
Ariana Modirrousta-Galian,Philip A Higham,Tina Seabrooke
Ariana Modirrousta-Galian
This preregistered study tests a novel psychological intervention to improve news veracity discernment. The main intervention involved inductive learning (IL) training (i.e., practice discriminating between multiple true and fake news exemp...
Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of experimental psychology. Applied. 2023 Sep;29(3):599-619. DOI:10.1037/xap0000458 2023
Decisions about overdraft coverage: Disclosure design and personal finances [0.03%]
关于透支保护的决定：信息披露设计与个人财务
Alycia Chin,David Zimmerman,Heidi Johnson et al.
Alycia Chin et al.
Policymakers often require disclosures to help consumers make informed decisions, despite considerable debate over disclosures' effectiveness. Traditional accounts argue that consumers with stable preferences use disclosures to become infor...
Mental simulation across sensory modalities predicts attractiveness of food concepts [0.03%]
跨感觉模态的心理模拟预测食物概念的吸引力
Laura J Speed,Esther K Papies,Asifa Majid
Laura J Speed
Concepts are grounded in mental simulation of sensory information, but the exact role it plays in everyday cognition is unknown. Here, we investigate its role in an important conceptual domain relevant for everyday behavior-food. We conduct...