Publications

Below are the lab’s publications, including both journal articles as well as non-peer reviewed publications. For publications with an available PDF, click on the associated reference. Please email our Lab Coordinator if you are interested in a paper that does not have an available PDF.
Journal Articles
(For a PDF of an In Press Article, please email our Lab Coordinator)
In Press
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Deceptive (de)humanization: How lying about perceived outgroups is revealed in language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology.
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Gender and Ethnicity Bias in Medicine: A Text Analysis of 1.8 Million Critical Care Records. PNAS Nexus.
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Silverstein, M.C., Lee, C.N., Scherer, L., Phommasathit, C., Merrill, A.L., Peters, E. (in press). Affect and choosing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. Medical Decision Making.
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Silverstein, M. C., Lee, C. N., Scherer, L. D., Phommasathit, C., Merrill, A. L., & Peters, E. (2022). Operating on Anxiety: Negative Affect toward Breast Cancer and Choosing Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy. Medical Decision Making. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X221121134
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Ward McIntosh, C.M., Walshe, E.A., Cheng, S., Winston, F.K., & Peters, E. (in press). Keep it brief and targeted: Driving performance feedback report features to use with novice drivers. Adolescents.
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Instrumental goal activation increases online petition support across languages. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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Shoots-Reinhard, B., Svensson, H., Shihab, M., Peters, E., & Zhu, M. (2022). Barriers to Enforcing Laws and Support for Restricting Cell Phone Use While Driving among Law Enforcement Officers. Transportation Research Record, 03611981221134625. doi: 10.1177/03611981221134625
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Peters, E. & Shoots-Reinhard, B. (in press). Better decision making through objective numeracy and numeric self-efficacy. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology
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Shihab, M. & Shoots-Reinhard, B. (2022). Ironic effects of political ideology and increased risk-taking in Ohio drivers during COVID-19 shutdown. PLoS ONE.
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Words for sale: Linguistic complexity associates with higher housing prices in online realty advertisements. Journal of Language and Social Psychology.
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DeVeaux, C., Markowitz, D. M., Han, E., Miller, M. R., Hancock, J. T., & Bailenson, J. N. (in press). A descriptive analysis of conversations about VR in VR. 2023 IEEE Virtual Reality (VR).
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Markowitz, D. M., Hancock, J. T., Woodworth, M. T., & Ely, M. (in press). Contextual considerations for deception production and detection in forensic interviews. Frontiers in Psychology.
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Self-presentation in medicine: How language patterns reflect physician impression management goals and affect perceptions. Computers in Human Behavior.
2022
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Svensson, H., Shoots-Reinhard, B., Cravens-Brown, L., & Peters, E. (2022). Greater objective numeracy protects COVID-19 pandemic grades but endangers academic interest. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology. doi: 10.1037/stl0000319
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Markowitz, D. M., Blackburn, K. G., Saxena, K., Marion, J., Olivarez, O., Hernandez, R, Woodworth, M. T., & Hancock, J. T. (2022). The truth project. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41(4) 450–461, doi:10.1177/0261927X211067821.
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Markowitz, D. M., Kouchaki, M., Gino, F., Hancock, J. T., & Boyd, R. L. (2022). Authentic first impressions relate to interpersonal, social, and entrepreneurial success. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221086138.
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Markowitz, D. M. (2022). Toward a deeper understanding of prolific lying: Building a profile of situation-level and individual-level characteristics. Communication Research, 0(0), 1-26, https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502221097041.
2021
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Markowitz, D. M. (2021). Psychological trauma and emotional upheaval as revealed in academic writing: The case of COVID-19. Cognition and Emotion, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2021.2022602
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Bonner, C., Trevena, L.J., Gaissmaier, W., Han, P.K.J., Okan, Y., Ozanne, E., Peters, E., Timmermans, D., Zikmund-Fisher, B.J. (2021). Current best practice for presenting probabilities in patient decision aids: Fundamental principles. Medical Decision Making, 41 (7), 821-833.
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Lee, C.N., Merrill, A.L., & Peters, E. (2021). The role of emotion in surgical decision making: Applying concepts from decision psychology. Annals of Surgery, 273(6), e265-e267.
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Peters, E. (2021). Response to “Do the Math” by Joachim I. Krueger. The American Journal of Psychology, 134(2), 245-246.
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Shoots-Reinhard, B., Goodwin, R., Bjälkebring, P., Markowitz, D., Silverstein, M., & Peters, E. (2021). Ability-related political polarization in the COVID-19 pandemic. Intelligence, 88, 101580, doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2021.101580.
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Trevena, L.J., Bonner, C., Okan, Y., Peters, E., Gaissmaier, W., Han, P.K.J., Ozanne, E., Timmermans, D., Zikmund-Fisher, B.J. (2021). Current challenges when using numbers in patient decision aids: Advanced concepts. Medical Decision Making, 41 (7), 834-847.
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Way, B.M., Peters, E., & Keaveney, A. (2021). The need for studies of acetaminophen’s impact on risk-taking in daily life; reply to Ross and Holstege (2021). Social Cognitive and Affective Science, https://doi.org/10.1093/scan/nsab026.
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Markowitz, D. M. (in press). Revisiting the relationship between deception and design: A replication and extension of Hancock et al. (2022). Human Communication Research, 48(1), 158–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqab019.
2020
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Yılmaz, N. G., Van Weert, J., Peters, E., Lissenberg-Witte, B. I., Becker, A., Senan, S., Dickhoff, C., Timmermans, D., & Damman, O. C. (2020). Testing the Effects of Modality and Narration Style on Patients' Information Use in a Lung Cancer Treatment Decision Aid. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making, 40(8), 990–1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X20960436
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Kaufman, A. R., Twesten, J. E., Suls, J., McCaul, K. D., Ostroff, J. S., Ferrer, R. A., Brewer, N. T., Cameron, L. D., Halpern-Felsher, B., Hay, J. L., Park, E. R., Peters, E., Strong, D. R., Waters, E. A., Weinstein, N. D., Windschitl, P. D., & Klein, W. (2020). Measuring Cigarette Smoking Risk Perceptions. Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco, 22(11), 1937–1945. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntz213
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Ferrer, R. A., Taber, J. M., Sheeran, P., Bryan, A. D., Cameron, L. D., Peters, E., Lerner, J. S., Grenen, E., & Klein, W. (2020). The role of incidental affective states in appetitive risk behavior: A meta-analysis. Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 39(12), 1109–1124. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001019
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2017
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Berman, M.L., Byron, M.J., Hemmerich, N., Lindblom, E.N., Lazard, A.J., Peters, E., Brewer, N.T. (2017). Communicating tobacco product information to the public. Food & Drug Law Journal, 72(3), 386.
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2008
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Nelson, W., Reyna, V. F., Fagerlin, A., Lipkus, I., & Peters, E. (2008). Clinical implications of numeracy: Theory and practice. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 261–274.
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1998
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Slovic, P. & Peters, E. (1998). The importance of worldviews in risk perception. Risk, Decision, and Policy, 3(2), 165-170.
1996
Chapters and Other
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
2020
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Bjälkebring, P. & Peters, E. (2020). Aging-related changes in decision making. In A. Drolet & C. Yoon (Eds.) The Aging Consumer: Perspectives from Psychology and Marketing, Second Edition. Routledge , New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429343780-6
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Peters, E. (March 12, 2020). Is Obsessing Over Daily Coronavirus Statistics Counterproductive? New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/opinion/sunday/coronavirus-statistics.html
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Peters, E., Shoots-Reinhard, B., Silverstein, M. & Goodwin, R. (2020). Americans still trust doctors and scientists during a public health crisis. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/americans-still-trust-doctors-and-scientists-during-a-public-health-crisis-132938. Downloaded on May 7, 2020.
2019
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Peters, E. & Shoots-Reinhard, B. (September 29, 2019). How math skills plus confidence equals better judgment on health, money. The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/heallth/how-math-skills-plus-condence-equals-better-judgment-on-health-money/2019/09/27/b5f04bb8-d3eb-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html.
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Peters, E. & Shoots-Reinhard, B. (2019). Math skills aren’t enough to get through hard decisions – you need confidence, too. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/math-skills-arent-enough-to-get-through-hard-decisions-you-need-confidence-too-123129. Downloaded on September 9, 2019.
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Shoots-Reinhard, B., Peters, E., & Svensson, H. (2019). An evidence-based approach to driver safety communications: Best practices and literature review. Technical report prepared for Ohio Department of Transportation Distracted Driving Task Force.
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Shoots-Reinhard, B., Peters, E., & Svensson, H. (2019). A survey of law enforcement: Identifying challenges to distracted driving enforcement. Technical report prepared for Ohio Department of Transportation Distracted Driving Task Force.
2018
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Tompkins, M. K., Bjälkebring, P., & Peters, E. (2018). Emotional aspects of risk perceptions. In Martina Raue, Eva Lermer & Bernhard Streicher (Ed.), Psychological Aspects of Risk and Risk Analysis: Theory, Models, and Applications (pp. 109-130). New York: Springer.
2017
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Gilden, J. & Peters, E. (2017). Public knowledge, scientific literacy, numeracy, and perceptions of climate change. In M.C Nisbet (Ed.) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change Communication (pp.), Oxford University Press. 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.305
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Kahan, D.M. & Peters, E. (2017). Rumors of the 'nonreplication' of the 'motivated numeracy effect' are greatly exaggerated. (August 26, 2017). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3026941
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Peters, E. (2017). Overcoming innumeracy and the use of heuristics when communicating science. In Scheufele, D., Kahan, D., & Hall Jamieson, K. (Eds), Handbook on the Science of Science Communication, (pp. 389-398). Oxford University Press.
2016
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Peters, E., & *Meilleur, L. (2016). The influence of affect on health decisions. In M.A. Diefenbach, S.M. Miller SM, & D. Bowen. Handbook of Health Decision Science. (pp. 109-120). New York, NY: Springer Verlag.
2014
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Peters, E. (2014). Anticipating barriers to the communication of critical information. In B.L. Anderson & J. Schulkin (Eds.), Numerical Reasoning in Judgments and Decision Making about Health, (pp. 175-192). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Peters, E. (2014). When five out of four people have trouble with fractions. Policy Options, 35(3), 50-52.
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Peters, E., *Meilleur, L., & *Tompkins, M.K. (2014). Numeracy and the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities and challenges. Appendix A. IOM (Institute of Medicine). In Health Literacy and Numeracy: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
2013
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Kahan, D.M., Peters, E., Dawson, E.C., & Slovic, P. (2013). Motivated numeracy and enlightened self-government. The Cultural Cognition Project, Working paper No. 16.
2012
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Peters, E. & Bruine de Bruin, W. (2012). Aging and decision skills. In M. K. Dhami, A. Schlottmann, and M. Waldmann (Eds.). Judgment and Decision Making as a Skill: Learning, Development, and Evolution, (pp 113-139). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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Trevena L, Zikmund-Fisher BJ, Edwards A, Gaissmeier W, Galesic M, Han P, King J, Lawson M, Linder S, Lipkus I, Ozanne E, Peters E, Timmermans D, & Woloshin S. (2012). Presenting probabilities. Chapter C in 2012 Update of the IPDAS Collaboration Background Document. International Patient Decision Aid Standards Collaboration, 2012. Available at http://ipdas.ohri.ca/IPDAS-Chapter-C.pdf.
2011
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Fagerlin, A. & Peters, E. (2011). Quantitative information. In B. Fischhoff, N. Brewer and J. Downs (Eds.). Evidence-Based Communication of Risk and Benefits: A User’s Guide, (pp 53-64). Silver Spring, MD: Food and Drug Administration.
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Peters, E. (2011). Affect and emotion. In B. Fischhoff, N. Brewer and J. Downs (Eds.). Evidence-Based Communication of Risk and Benefits: A User’s Guide (pp 89-100). Silver Spring, MD: Food and Drug Administration.
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Peters, E., Dieckmann, N. F., & Weller, J. (2011). Age differences in complex decision making. In K. W. Schaie and S. L. Willis (Eds.). Handbook of the Psychology of Aging, 7th Edition (pp 133-151). Oxford: Elsevier.
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Västfjäll, D., Peters, E. & *Bjalkebring, P. (2011). The experience and regulation of regret across the adult life span. In I. Nyklicek, A. Vingerhoets, & M. Zeelenberg (Eds.). Emotion Regulation and Well Being: Theory and Application, (pp 165-180). New York: Springer.
2010
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*Daniel, D., Greene, J., & Peters, E. (2010). Screening question to identify patients with limited health literacy not enough (Letter to the Editor). Family Medicine, 42(1), 7-8.
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Fagerlin, A., Peters, E., Schwartz, A., Zikmund-Fisher, B.J. (2010). Cognitive and affective influences on health decisions. In J. Suls, K. Davidson and R. M. Kaplan (Eds.), Handbook of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, (pp 49-63). New York: Guilford Press.
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Peters, E. (2010). Aging-related changes in decision making. In A. Drolet, N. Schwarz, & C. Yoon (Eds.), The Aging Consumer: Perspectives from Psychology and Economics, (pp 75-101). New York: Routledge.
2008
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Diefenbach, M.A., Miller, S.M., Porter, M., Peters, E., Stefanek, M., & Leventhal, H. (2008). Emotions and health behavior: A self-regulation perspective. In M. Lewis, J. M. Haviland-Jones, & L. Feldman Barrett (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions, 3rd Edition, (pp 645-660). New York: Guilford Press.
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Peters, E. (2008). Numeracy and the perception and communication of risk. In W. T. Tucker, S. Ferson, A. Sinkel, T. F. Long, D. Slavin, & P. Wright (Eds.), Strategies for risk communication: Evolution, evidence, experience, (pp 1-7). New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
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Peters, E. (2008). Preferred data visualization techniques may not lead to comprehension and use of hazard information [Review of the chapter “Visualizing uncertainty in natural hazards”]. In A. Bostrom, S. P. French, & S. J. Gottlieb (Eds.), Risk assessment, modeling and decision support: Strategic directions, (pp. 296-306). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.
2006
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Peters, E. (2006). Numbers are just numbers. In K. W. Schaie & L. L. Carstensen (Eds.) Social Structures, Aging and Self-Regulation in the Elderly, (pp. 175-188). New York: Springer Publishing Co.
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Peters, E. (2006). The functions of affect in the construction of preferences. In S. Lichtenstein & P. Slovic (Eds.), The Construction of Preference, (pp. 454-463). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Peters, E., Mertz, C.K., Hibbard, J., Slovic, P., & Dieckmann, N. (2006). Making healthcare information more understandable and useable by consumers. Final report to funder.
2003
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Finucane, M. L., Peters, E., & Slovic, P. (2003). Judgment and decision making: The dance of affect and reason. In S. L. Schneider & J. Shanteau (Eds.), Emerging Perspectives on Decision Research, (pp 327-364). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Hibbard, J. H., Dubow, J., & Peters, E. (2003, May). Decision making in consumer-directed health plans (#2003-05). Washington, DC: AARP.
2002
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Slovic, P., Finucane, M., Peters, E., & MacGregor, D. G. (2002). The affect heuristic. In T. Gilovich, D. Griffin, & D. Kahneman (Eds.), Heuristics and biases: The psychology of intuitive judgment, (pp. 397-420). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Reprinted as: Slovic, P., Finucane, M. L., Peters, E., & MacGregor, D.G. (2007). The affect heuristic. European Journal of Operational Research, 177(3), 1333-1352.
2000
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Peters, E., Finucane, M. L., MacGregor, D. G., & Slovic, P. (2000). The bearable lightness of aging: Judgment and decision processes in older adults. In National Research Council, P. C. Stern & L. L. Carstensen (Eds.), The aging mind: Opportunities in cognitive research, (Appendix C, pp. 144-165). Washington, DC: National Academy.
1998
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Slovic, P., MacGregor, D., & Peters, E. (1998). Imagery, affect, and decision making. Report No. 98-1. Eugene, OR: Decision Research.
1995
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Peters, E., Flynn, J., & Slovic, P. (1995). Monitoring affect and images for the Yucca Mountain socioeconomic impact assessment. Technical report for funding agency.