A5013030041- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Risk Perception and Management
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
- Housing Market and Economics
- Jury Decision Making Processes
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
Queen Mary University of London
2016-2025
London School of Business and Management
2016-2024
ISM University of Management and Economics
2023
University of Klagenfurt
2019-2022
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
2008-2017
Vienna University of Economics and Business
2013-2016
Linköping University
2013-2016
Max Planck Society
2010-2013
Decision Research
2006
A series of four studies explored how the ability to comprehend and transform probability numbers relates performance on judgment decision tasks. On surface, tasks in appear be widely different; at a conceptual level, however, they all involve processing potential show an influence affect. Findings were consistent with highly numerate individuals being more likely retrieve use appropriate numerical principles, thus making themselves less susceptible framing effects, compared individuals. In...
Political polarization impeded public support for policies to reduce the spread of COVID-19, much as hinders responses other contemporary challenges. Unlike previous theory and research that focused on United States, present examined effects political elite cues affective manage COVID-19 pandemic in seven countries (
Abstract Emotional reactions are an important element in the motivation to help others. Our research examined role of affective vs. deliberative information processing genesis and use emotional decisions provide financial aid people distress. In two studies, we investigated whether mode influenced participants' donations, reactions, relationship between two. Information was manipulated by a priming procedure cognitive load paradigm. Participants' empathic emotions were assessed self‐reported...
Abstract Empathic responses, such as sympathy towards others, are a key ingredient in the decision to provide help those need. The determinants of empathic responses usually thought be vividness, similarity, and proximity victim. However, recent research highlights role that attention plays generation feelings. We expanded on this idea by investigating whether depends cognitive mechanisms attention. In two studies we found were lower reaction times longer when targets presented with...
Abstract The endowment effect has been debated for over 30 years. Recent research suggests that differential focus of attention might play a role in shaping preferences. In two studies we investigated the biased emergence effects. We thereby derive predictions from an extended version evidence accumulation models by additionally assuming bias attentional allocation based on one’s status. test these against alternative account which is result initial anchoring and adjustment differences...
It is acknowledged that chronic job demands may be depleting workers' stamina resulting in burnout conditions and ultimately causing further health problems. This relation, known as impairment process, has recently been considered a possible explanation for the emergence of counterproductive work behavior (CWB). The present aims to examine role two personality traits (i.e., Grit Honesty-Humility) this process. results, based on sample 208 private service sector employees, confirm presence...
One of the puzzling phenomena in philanthropy is that people can show strong compassion for identified individual victims but remain unmoved by catastrophes affect large numbers victims. Two prominent findings research on charitable giving reflect this idiosyncrasy: The (1) victim and (2) number effects. first these suggests identifying increases donations second refers to finding people’s willingness donate often decreases as increases. While effects have been documented literature, their...
Efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus emphasize central role citizens’ compliance with self-protective behaviors. Understanding processes underlying decision self-protect is, therefore, essential for effective risk communication during COVID-19 pandemic. In present study, we investigate determinants perceived threat and engagement in measures United Kingdom, Italy, Austria first wave The type disease (coronavirus vs. seasonal flu) numerical information regarding (number recovered...
Compassion collapse is a phenomenon where feelings and helping behavior decrease as the number of needy increases. But what are underlying mechanisms for compassion collapse? Previous research has attempted to pit two explanations: Limitations feeling system vs. motivated down-regulation emotion, against each other. In this article, we critically reexamine previous study comparing these accounts published in 2011 present new data that contest emotion primary explanation collapse.
Abstract Donation requests often convey numerical information about the people in need. In two studies we investigated effects of numeracy and presentation format on underlying affective cognitive mechanisms donation decisions. Study 1, participants were presented with a victim need, either frequency or percentage format. 2, manipulated identifiability number target victims. Our results demonstrate that donations individuals lower more susceptible to changes numeric than those higher...
A critical question for government officials, managers of NGOs, and politicians is how to respond situations in which large numbers lives are at risk.Theories judgment decision making as well economics suggest diminishing marginal utility with increasing quantities goods.In the domain lifesaving, this form non-linearity implies decreasing concern individual number affected people increases.In paper, we show intuitive valuations based on prosocial emotions can lead scope insensitivity...
Older adults have been shown to avoid negative and prefer positive information a higher extent than younger adults. This positivity bias influences their processing as well decision-making. We investigate age-related in charitable giving two studies. In Study 1 we examine motivational factors monetary donations, while 2 focuses on the emotional effect of actual donations. 1, participants (n=353, age range 20-74 years) were asked rate affect towards person need then state how much money they...
Recent research makes increasing use of eye-tracking methodologies to generate and test process models. Overall, such suggests that attention, generally indexed by fixations (gaze duration), plays a critical role in the construction preference, although methods used support this supposition differ substantially. In 2 studies we empirically prototypical versions prominent processing assumptions against 1 another several base We find general evidence accumulation processes provide good fit...
It has been suggested that volunteering leads to increases in well-being, particularly older and retiring adults, could be used as a public health intervention increase well-being. However, the causal relationship questioned. We investigated association between voluntary work life satisfaction bivariate dual-change score model, using 4 years of longitudinal data from 1,123 participants Health, Aging Retirement Transitions Sweden (HEARTS) study. Both frequency level increased across...
In April 2021, the use of Johnson & COVID-19 vaccine was paused to investigate whether it had caused serious blood clots a small number women (six out 6.8 million Americans who been administered that vaccine). As these events were unfolding, we surveyed sample (N = 625) assess their reactions this news, they supported pausing vaccine, and potential psychological factors underlying decision. addition, employed automated text analyses as supporting method more classical quantitative measures....
Abstract Nudges are increasingly being proposed and used as a policy tool around the world. The success of nudges depends on public acceptance. However, several questions about what makes nudge acceptable remain unanswered. In this paper, we examine whether alternatives to influence public's acceptance these nudges: Do attitudes change when is presented alongside either more paternalistic alternative (legislation) or less (no behavioral intervention)? two separate samples drawn from Swedish...
Purpose The construct of meaningful work is a relevant topic for the managerial literature interested in job design, employees’ motivation, and performance. current research seeks to improve our knowledge on by exploring processes which workday experienced as meaningful. Design/methodology/approach Adopting lens Job Demands-Resources model Self-Determination theory, we argue that conditions psychological are associated with experience daily basis. Moreover, propose long-term basis (i.e....