Abstract Two studies examine the effect of complexity choice environment on perceived duration time spent choosing. The experiments demonstrate that estimation making a decision is affected by number options available in set. In Experiment 1, participants having to choose 1 24 mobile phones tended underestimate whereas confronted with 6 overestimate actual spent. 2 corroborates this finding, presence varying degrees attribute correlation. We conclude theoretical and practical implications...

Research on the effects of guilt interpersonal relationships has shown that frequently motivates prosocial behavior in dyadic social situations. When multiple persons are involved, however, this emotion can be disadvantageous for other people environment. Two experiments were carried out to examine effect and empathy a context which more than two involved. Experiment 1 investigates whether, three-person situations, with beneficial victim one's actions but third individual. Participants faced...

Researchers investigating the psychological effects of choice have provided extensive empirical evidence that having comes with many advantages, including better performance, more motivation, and greater life satisfaction disadvantages, such as avoidance decisions regret. When decision task difficulty exceeds natural cognitive resources human mind, possibility to choose becomes a source unhappiness dissatisfaction than an opportunity for well-being, phenomenon referred overload. More...

Two studies investigated cognitive mechanisms that may be associated with people's tendency to maximize. Maximizers are individuals who spending a great amount of effort in order find the very best option decision situation, rather than stopping process when they encounter satisfying option. These show maximizers more future oriented other people, which motivate them invest extra energy into optimal choices. also have higher numerical skills, possibly facilitating processes involved trade‐offs.

Current research on the overchoice effect has been mainly conducted from an adult point of view and with subjects. This study investigates whether children, adolescents, seniors suffer same negative consequences as adults when facing overabundance choice. Findings showed that did not equally extend to all age groups. While adolescents were affected by phenomenon in a very similar way adults, children suffered fewer Theoretical practical implications are discussed.

Two studies examine the attraction effect—an inconsistent choice behavior typically observed when consumers are presented with two products (target and competitor), both good for different reasons, a worse "decoy"—in context of online consumer decisions product displays (animated or static). The experiments, participant populations, show that effect in an shopping environment depends on animation format products. Experiment 1 (with Italian participants) suggests is eliminated target...

Purpose Research on choice overload with adult participants has shown that the presence of a brand significantly mitigates phenomenon. The purpose this study is to investigate whether these findings can be expanded population adolescents, where it already been occurs in similar way as adults. Design/methodology/approach Studies 1 and 2 aim test name adverse consequences adolescents. In line prior research overload, both studies, authors compared between-subjects differences levels reported...

This paper calls attention to design features that could enhance the helpfulness of decision table makers trying get a better intuitive grasp choices facing them. The experiments reported here show grey scale is more facilitative than number for problem comprehension as measured by identification dominance and non-additivity, each which requires view sensitive patterns across attributes. Additional makers' them are suggested further research.

Abstract. A growing body of research suggests that physical activity, healthy eating, and music can, either directly or indirectly, have positive effects on our brain cognition. More specifically, exercising eating seem to enhance cognitive abilities, such as memory, creativity, perception. They also improve academic performance play a protective role from many degenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Concerning music, has shown there exists general relation between aptitude...

Consumer satisfaction and customer experience are key predictors of an organization's future market growth, long-term loyalty, profitability but hard to maintain in marketplaces with abundance choice.Building on self-determination theory, we experimentally test a novel intervention that leverages consumer need for autonomy.The is message called "freedom cue" (FC) which makes it salient consumers can "choose as much they wish."A 4-week field experiment sporting gear store establishes FCs lead...

During the outbreak of COVID-19 in Italy, people often failed to adopt behaviors that could have stopped, or at least slowed down, spread this deadly disease. We offer cognitive explanations for these decisions, based on some most common heuristics and biases are known influence human judgment decision-making, especially under conditions high uncertainty. Our analysis concludes with following recommendations: policymakers can should take advantage established science, order communicate more...

M. Cardaci's (2000) Mental Clock Model maintains that a task requiring low mental workload is associated with an acceleration of perceived time, whereas high deceleration. The authors examined the predictions this model in musical listening condition which pieces were audible several structural complexities. To measure effects complexity on time estimation, used retrospective and prospective time-estimation paradigms. For paradigm, invited participants to listen piece then estimate its...

Influent theories on human reasoning have suggested that Wason's selection task is so difficult because it involves heuristic and implicit processes. However, recent studies demonstrated the implication of deductive activities. Poor performance this would thus result from some its characteristics impede use In present experiment, we hypothesised a modified abstract induces analytic processes should lead to better than standard version task. Moreover, activities are strongly affected by...

This study assessed the role of usability in trust e-banking services. A questionnaire was administered to 185 Italian undergraduate working students who volunteered for experiment ( M age = 30.5 yr., SD 3.1). Participants were differentiated on computer ability (Expert, n 104; Nonexpert, 81) and use (User, 93; Nonusers, 92). Analysis showed that website services did not play a very important User group. Instead, institution-based trust, e.g., security policy Web merchant, customers, overall...

The question of whether humans are able to work in a Bayesian way is currently topic substantial investigation. An important finding, reported by Gigerenzer and Hoffrage 1995 that reasoning facilitated when the information format corresponds natural frequencies. present concern was facilitating effect frequencies persists relate samples which not convenient multiples 10. 150 undergraduates participated as volunteers (42 men, 108 women; M age = 23 yr.). Analysis showed frequency formats...

L'effetto del sovraccarico di scelta è stato finora studiato prevalentemente su adulti. L'unico studio condotto fasce età diverse dagli adulti ha fornito una prima dimostrazione fatto che le conseguenze negative dell'avere troppa non si estendono in egual misura a bambini, adolescenti, e anziani. Il presente lavoro propone indagare ulteriormente negati-ve adolescenti I dati suggeriscono mentre gli sono influenzati dal fenomeno modo simile agli adulti, i bambini anziani sembrano invece...