In The News
Read about different times where the CAIDe Lab and our work was discussed in the news!
HIGHLIGHTS
The psychology of pandemic behaviors, KQED
COVID-19 Pandemic
Numbers can trip you up during the pandemic – here are 4 tips to help you figure out tricky stats (2021, April 27th)
Source: The Conversation
Because Leaders Need to Know how to Lead with Evidence (2021, April 20th)
Source: Why Social Science
To tackle pandemic, Biden must overcome distrust and division (2020, November 13th)
Source: Science Magazine
No ‘get out of COVID-jail free card’: Why you should take test results with a grain of salt (2020, November 2nd)
Source: Daily Emerald
UO professor tweets to spread awareness about COVID-19 risks (2020, October 23rd)
Source: Kezi news
Employers Need to Reinvent Retiring-Savings Match (2020, October 19th)
Source: Harvard Business Review
Gov. Kate Brown's eyes are on Lane County (2020, October 16th)
Source: Eugene Weekly
If I am already dizzy from all the corona numbers, how is that for people who are less good with numbers? (2020, October 16th)
Source: deVolkskrant
Are you immune if you test positive for COVID-19 antibodies? (2020, October 8th)
Source: Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Ideas on Tap
Getting COVID Isn't Cool (2020, October 8th)
Source: Eugene Weekly
Five UO Experts on COVID-19 (2020, July 15th)
Source: University of Oregon
Keynote: Statistics stalking and the highly numerate in the time of COVID-19 (2020, July 16th)
Source: Virtual Media Psychology Symposium
Confusion Reigns Nationwide Amid Conflicting Coronavirus Rules (2020 July 26th)
Source: National Public Radio
In Pandemic, Green Doesn't Mean "Go". How Did Public Health Guidance Get So Muddled? (2020, August 4th)
Source: NPR
Life is Now a Game of Risk, Here is How your Brain is Processing It (2020, August 4th)
Source: Elemental
Why are we so confused about what is safe? How did the message get so muddled? (2020, July 13th)
Source: WHYY News
How the Psychology of Pandemic Behavior Can Help Guide Containment Strategies (2020, Jun 29th)
Source: KQED News
For This Psychologist, the Coronavirus Offers a Unique Opportunity to Study Ourselves (2020, May 21st)
Source: Discover Magazine
Returning to Normal Mindset May Be Difficult After Pandemic (2020, April 24th)
Source: KEZI News
Social Scientists Scramble to Study Pandemic, in Real Time (2020, April 8th)
Source: Science Magazine
Is Obsessing Over Daily Coronavirus Statistics Counterproductive? (2020, March 12th)
Source: The New York Times
Americans Still Trust Doctors and Scientists During a Public Health Crisis (2020, March 3rd)
Source: The Conversation Magazine
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Graphic Warning Labels on Cigarette Packages
Smokers Good at Math are More Likely to Want to Quit (2020, June 22nd)
Source: Ohio State News
Let Smokers See the Warning They Need (2016, June 3)
Source: The New York Times.
Shocking images on cigarette packs can impact smoking behaviour: U.S. study (2016, January 3)
Source: CTV News.
Graphic cigarette labels really do work (2016, January 4)
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer.
Smokers are more likely to quit if they see disgusting images of what smoking does (2015, December 23)
Source: New York Daily News.
Smoking bans, taxes encourage quitting, study finds (2015, December 23)
Source: Columbus Dispatch.
Graphic Warnings on Cigarettes Help Smokers Consider Quitting (2015, December 23)
Source: U.S. News & World Report.
Medical Decision Making
Choice of Prophylactic Mastectomy Driven Strongly by Emotion: Randomized Controlled Trial Shows Fear and Anxiety Increase Perceived Risk of Recurrence (2020, October 19th)
Source: Clinical Oncology News
Fear of math is harmful to your health. This woman wants to help. (2018, June 29)
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer.
Ebola cases lead to hysteria, fake reports of virus. (2014, October 28)
Source: The Lantern.
How can medical information best be presented? (2014, October 23)
Source: Vaccines Today.
When Buying Insurance on the Exchanges, It Helps to Have Help (2013, October 18)
Source: MedicineNet.
Patients say ‘no thanks’ to risky medical treatments. (2009, November 30)
Source: Science Daily.
As health goes awry, doctor-patient relationship more than a nicety. (2009, July 7)
Source: Science Daily.
Risk Perceptions
CAIDe Lab Researcher Brittany Shoots-Reinhard Joins Distracted Driving Task Force (2018, October 9)
Source: OSU College of Arts and Sciences
How Managers can Help Employees Avoid Distracted Driving (2018, June 5)
Source: Three60
Look and See: Motorcycles are Everywhere (2018, May)
Source: American Motorcyclist
Why We Don’t Wear Seat Belts in Cabs (Even Though We Know Better) (2015, November 6)
Source: Yahoo Health.
The Complicated Truth About Children and Drowning: How can something so preventable happen so disturbingly often?(2015, March)
Source: Houstonia.
It’s my belief and I’m sticking to it. (2014, October 23)
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Asymmetric stupidity. (2014, April 7)
Source: The New York Times.
Note: Response article to the article below.
How Politics Makes Us Stupid. (2014, April 6)
Source: Vox.
The Smarter You Are, The Stupider You Are. (2013, November 1)
Source: National Public Radio.
Politics Makes You Bad At Math? Bias Clouds Analytical Judgment, Study Suggests. (2013, October 10)
Source: Huffington Post.
Political beliefs affect objectivity. (2013, September 24)
Source: Yale Daily News.
Risk school. (2009, October 29)
Source: Nature, 461(29).
Implications of Numeracy Differences in the Population
The Innumerati. Do the Numbers Add Up? (2020, August 5th)
Source: Psychology Today
UO Prof Demonstrates the Misunderstanding and Misuse of Numbers (2020, July 6)
Source: The Jefferson Exchange
The Four Horsemen of Numeric Knowledge Resistance (2019, November 22nd)
Source: Framtidsstudier
Yes, What you Learned in Math Class Adds up to Winning in Real Life (2017, July 13)
Source: Moneyish
More Evidence That Intelligence is Malleable (2015, March 26)
Source: Pacific Standard Magazine.
More school, more challenging assignments add up to higher IQ scores (2015, March 24)
Source: Penn State.
There’s More Than One Way to Be Good at Math (2014, December 11)
Source: Pacific Standard Magazine.
Study: Personal Math Assessment Can Determine Financial Competencies (2014, December 11)
Source: ABC Radio.
It Pays to Think You’re Good at Math, Even If You Aren’t (2014, December 10)
Source: New York Magazine.
It Doesn’t Add Up: People Who Say They Are Good at Math, But Aren’t (2014, December 9)
Source: OSU News.
What’s the Value of a Dollar? It Depends on How You Perceive Numbers. (2014, March 21)
Source: Association for Psychological Science.
Politics Makes Poor Quantitative Skills of Newly Insured May Affect Ability to Manage Medications. (2013, August 9)
Source: American Society for Health Systems Pharmacists.
Numeracy: The educational gift that keeps on giving (2012, February 9)
Source: Association for Psychological Science.
Americans stumble on math of big issues (2012, January 7)
Source: The Wall Street Journal.
The link between education and living longer (2010, September 24)
Source: The Huffington Post.
How schooling leads to good health(2010, September 2)
Source: Association for Psychological Science.
Numbed by the numbers: Tragedies in the news. (2007, July 17)
Source: National Public Radio.
Climate Change
Source: On Motherhood, Atmos
Why Climate Change Continues to Be a Tough Sell (2017, January 9)
Source: KQED Science
What’s the Best Way to Convince a Climate Change Denier? (2017, January 6)
Source: Science Friday
Webinar: Why We Don’t Believe Science (Presentation at the Byrd Polar Research Center) (2015, April 14)
Source: Great Lakes Climate.
Seeing through another person’s lens (2015, June 3)
Source: Catholic Ecology.
Why we are poles apart on climate change. (2012, August 15)
Source: Nature, 488(7411, pp. 255).
Why science education won’t solve our climate problems. (2012, May)
Source: Mother Jones.
Public apathy over climate change unrelated to science literacy: Study (2012, May 28)
Source: Yale Law School.
Older Adult Decision Making
Why this OSU study is a must-read for providers (2016, July 4)
Source: McKnights
A Good Mood May Boost Seniors’ Brain Power (2013, February 4)
Source: MedicineNet
6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Memory. (2013, May)
Source: O, The Oprah Magazine
NSF Science Now 11. (2013, April 15)
Source: National Science Foundation Science 360.
The fine line between shared and manipulated medical decisions (2011, November 11)
Source: The Huffington Post.
Sage or just age(2007, September 18)
Source: The Situationist.
Affect
The batman shooting: The trouble with acting too fast. (2012, July)
Source: The Daily Beast.
The Euro crisis in ourselves. (2012, June)
Source: Wall Street Journal.
The mechanics of choice. (2012, January)
Source: Association for Psychological Science.
Becoming compassionately numb. (2011, October 1)
Source: The New York Times.
Forget logic; fear appears to have edge. (2008, October 7)
Source: The New York Times.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
APA member chairs FDA risk communication advisory committee. (2011, December)
Source: American Psychological Association.
Other Topics
The Power of Decision Making (2020, November 6th)
Source: "The Power of" Podcast, Episode 1
UO Study Finds New Links to Dehumanization of Immigrants (2020, April 23rd)
Source: University of Oregon
How math skills plus confidence equals better judgment on health, money (2019, September 29)
Source: The Washington Post
Are you listening when we do the numbers? (2016, August 12)
Source: Marketplace.
Views on bias can be biased (2015, October 26)
Source: ScienceNews.
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