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First Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Judgment and Decision Making Studies
Registration is now open for the First Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Judgment and Decision Making Studies (SEJyD), taking place on July 12–13, 2016. The program features plenary lectures by Martin Skov
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What Voters Want
The New York Times: Imagine you’re discussing the presidential election with a group of friends who live in Iowa or New Hampshire. You ask them who they intend to vote for next month. “Oh, whoever’s
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Replication Effort Finds No Evidence That Grammatical Aspect Affects Perceived Intent
A multi-lab replication project found no evidence that the verb form used to describe a crime influences the way people judge criminal intent, in contrast to previously published findings. The Registered Replication Report (RRR), published
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The Knicks Won. Let’s Gamble!
Pacific Standard: The lottery, it’s been said, is a tax for people who are bad at math, yet quite a lot of presumably intelligent people take the risk buying lottery tickets at least once in
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Wearing a Helmet Tied to Riskier Decision Making
Individuals wearing a bicycle helmet as part of an experiment reported greater sensation seeking and engaged in more risk taking than those wearing a baseball cap, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association
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Fancy a flutter? Sunny weather and watching our sports team win makes us more likely to gamble on the lottery
The Daily Mail: Planning to play the lottery this weekend? Your answer could depend on the weather, according to a new study. Researchers have found that we are more likely to buy a ticket on
