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Political ideology, mood response, and the confirmation bias

Dickinson, David L. - 2022

The confirmation bias is a well-known form of motivated reasoning that serves to protect an individual from cognitive discomfort. Hearing rival viewpoints or belief-opposing information creates cognitive dissonance, and so avoiding exposure to, or discounting the validity of, dissonant...

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Fungibility, labels, and consumption

Abeler, Johannes (contributor); Marklein, Felix (contributor) - 2008

Fungibility of money is a central principle in economics. It implies that any unit of money is substitutable for another and that the composition of income is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple, incentivized setup many subjects do not treat money as...

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Nudging generosity : choice architecture and cognitive factors in charitable giving

Schulz, Jonathan F.; Thiemann, Petra; Thöni, Christian - 2017

In an experimental setup we investigate the effect of two different choice architectures on donation decisions. In the treatment group, subjects can either specify a charity of their choice, or select one from a list of five well-known charities; in the control group we do not provide a list. In...

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Deadlines and cognitive limitations

Altmann, Steffen; Traxler, Christian; Weinschenk, Philipp - 2017

This paper studies the interplay between deadlines and cognitive limitations. We analyze an agent's decision to complete a one-off task under a deadline. Postponing the task can be beneficial for the agent; missing the deadline, however, leads to a drop in the agent's rewards. If the agent...

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Testing the advantages of conscious vs. unconscious thought for complex decisions in a distraction free paradigm

McElroy, Todd; Dickinson, David L. - 2016

In this study we test predictions from Unconscious Thought Theory (UTT) that unconscious thought will lead to better decision making in complex decision tasks relative to conscious thought. Different from prior work testing this prediction, we use a method of manipulating conscious and...

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Passive choices and cognitive spillovers

Altmann, Steffen; Grunewald, Andreas; Radbruch, Jonas - 2019

Passive behavior is ubiquitous - even when facing various alternatives to choose from, people commonly fail to take decisions. This paper provides evidence on the cognitive foundations of such "passive choices" and studies implications for policies that encourage active decision-making. In an...

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Climate change and diet

Bose, Neha; Hills, Thomas; Sgroi, Daniel - 2020

Though many in the general public are concerned about climate change, most are unaware that agriculture and food production accounts for about one quarter of aggregate green house emissions and therefore, diet change is one of the most effective ways that individuals can reduce their climate...

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Nudging parents to increase preschool attendance in Uruguay

Ajzenman, Nicolas; Becerra Luna, Laura; … - 2021

This paper presents the results of a nationwide very low-cost behavioral intervention aimed at increasing preschool attendance in Uruguay. Specifically, behaviorally-informed messages were delivered through the government's official mobile app. We document a large reduction in absenteeism, as...

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Mindfulness training, cognitive performance and stress reduction

Charness, Gary; Le Bihan, Yves; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2023

Improving cognitive function and reducing stress may yield important benefits to individuals' health and to society. We conduct an experiment involving a three-month within-firm training program based on the principles of mindfulness and positive psychology at three large companies. We find an...

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Gender differences in cognition in China and reasons for change over time : evidence from CHARLS

Lei, Xiaoyan; Smith, James P.; Sun, Xiaoting; Zhao, Yaohui - 2013

and are nationally representative of the Chinese population in this age span. Our measures of cognition in CHARLS relies … on two measures that proxy for different dimensions of adult cognition - episodic memory and intact mental status. We … people. These gender differences in cognition are especially concentrated in the older age groups and poorer communities …

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