Testing guardrails for graphical information
Communicators sometimes think that the public cannot “handle” numbers. However, when provided them, people can understand more and act in...
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CAIDeLab
- Jun 29, 2022
- 2 min
Excluding numeric side-effect information lowers vaccine intentions
Shoots-Reinhard, B., Lawrence, E. R., Schulkin, J., & Peters, E. (2022). Excluding numeric side-effect information produces lower vaccine...
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caide3
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
When faced with unexpected hardship, high-ability students may do well but still disengage from math
In today’s blog post, we will discuss a paper recently published online first in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology...
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CAIDeLab
- Dec 9, 2021
- 3 min
Money matters for life satisfaction (especially if you are good at math)
Today’s blog post focuses on a new paper, just published in PLOS ONE. In it, we ask whether numeracy seems to make a difference to life...
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britrein
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
People who are better at working with numbers also look at numbers more often
People who have higher ability to use numbers pay more attention to numbers when making decisions.
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caide3
- Sep 23, 2021
- 3 min
Those with higher cognitive ability are more polarized in how they consume/interpret media(part 3/3)
Today’s blog is Part 3 of a 3-part series explaining some of the background and results for a paper recently accepted in the journal...
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caide3
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Political polarization in COVID responses greater for people higher in cognitive ability (Part 2/3)
Today’s blog is Part 2 of a 3-part series explaining some of the background and results for a paper recently accepted in the journal...
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caide3
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Encouraging hands-free cellphone use may be an effective way of reducing distraction-related crashes
Setting aside the differences between the strategies we asked about in our online sample of American drivers (N=648), drivers that...
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caide3
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
Political ideology predicted differences in responses to COVID-19 over time (part 1 of 3)
Today’s blog is Part 1 of a 3-part series explaining some of the background and results for a paper recently accepted in the journal...
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caide3
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
US Drivers support cellphone restrictions. But support them more when framed as less restrictive.
In an online sample of American drivers (N=648), we investigated the influence of language on support for legislative, technological, and...
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britrein
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
Negative emotions and risk perceptions peaked the same month that looking at statistics also peaked
Data snapshot from University of Oregon “Emotions and Polarization in Decisions & Media in COVID-19” (UO-EPIDeMIC) Study
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britrein
- Jul 22, 2021
- 2 min
Perceptions of numbers of cases and deaths are underestimated but track actual cases and deaths
Snapshot from University of Oregon EPIDeMIC Study
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britrein
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Trust in doctors & clinicians and scientists was high and remained high throughout 2020
Snapshot from University of Oregon EPIDeMIC Study
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