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Political partisanship and mobility restriction during the COVID-19 pandemic by Hsiehchen, D., Espinoza, M., Slovic, P.

“…Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are effective in curbing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. All US states have adopted NPI…”
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Assessment of the Regional Economic Impacts of Catastrophic Events: CGE Analysis of Resource Loss and Behavioral Effects of an RDD Attack Scenario by Giesecke, J. A., Burns, W. J., Barrett, A., Bayrak, E., Rose, A., Slovic, P., Suher, M.

“…We investigate the regional economic consequences of a hypothetical catastrophic event—attack via radiological dispersal device (RDD)—centered on the downtown…”
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Protective Measures, Personal Experience, and the Affective Psychology of Time by Peters, E., Kunreuther, H., Sagara, N., Slovic, P., Schley, D. R.

“…We examined the role of time and affect in intentions to purchase a risk‐protective measure (Studies 1 and 2) and explored participant abilities to factor time…”
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Perception of Risk by Slovic, Paul

“…Studies of risk perception examine the judgments people make when they are asked to characterize and evaluate hazardous activities and technologies. This…”
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Perception of Risk from Radiation by SLOVIC, P

“…Perceptions of risk from radiation have been studied systematically for about 20 years. This paper summarises the key findings and conclusions from this…”
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Public perception of the risk of blood transfusion by FINUCANE, M. L, SLOVIC, P, MERTZ, C. K

“…Health policymakers are concerned about the proportion of people who say they are unwilling to receive a blood transfusion. This article examines how social,…”
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Narrative valuation in a policy judgment context by Satterfield, Terre, Slovic, Paul, Gregory, Robin

“…Much natural resource policy work stresses the importance of involving lay and expert stakeholders in a dialogue about environmental values pertaining to…”
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Do Adolescent Smokers Know the Risks? by Slovic, Paul

“…Professor Slovic challenges Professor Viscusi by suggesting that "risk" is a term with varying meanings and the potential for misinterpretation by study…”
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Public Perception of Risk by Slovic, Paul

“…The growing concern about risk necessitates new perspectives and new approaches to manage risks more effectively. The examination of risk as defined by the…”
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The Construction of Preference by Slovic, Paul

“…One of the main themes that has emerged from behavioral decision research during the past 2 decades is the view that people's preferences are often constructed…”
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Trust, Emotion, Sex, Politics, and Science: Surveying the Risk-Assessment Battlefield by Slovic, Paul

“…Risk management has become increasingly politicized and contentious. Polarized views, controversy, and conflict have become pervasive. Research has begun to…”
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Perception of risks from electromagnetic fields: a psychometric evaluation of a risk-communication approach by MacGregor, D G, Slovic, P, Morgan, M G

“…Potential health risks from exposure to power-frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) have become an issue of significant public concern. This study evaluates a…”
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Sympathy and callousness: The impact of deliberative thought on donations to identifiable and statistical victims by Small, Deborah A., Loewenstein, George, Slovic, Paul

“…When donating to charitable causes, people do not value lives consistently. Money is often concentrated on a single victim even though more people would be…”
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Affect, Risk, and Decision Making by Slovic, Paul, Peters, Ellen, Finucane, Melissa L, MacGregor, Donald G

“…Risk is perceived and acted on in 2 fundamental ways. Risk as feelings refers to individuals' fast, instinctive, and intuitive reactions to danger. Risk as…”
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The risk game by Slovic, Paul

“…In the context of health, safety, and environmental decisions, the concept of risk involves value judgments that reflect much more than just the probability…”
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Perceived risk, stigma, and potential economic impacts of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Nevada by Slovic, P, Layman, M, Kraus, N, Flynn, J, Chalmers, J, Gesell, G

“…This study investigates the potential impacts of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, upon tourism, retirement and job-related…”
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Numeracy and Decision Making by Peters, Ellen, Västfjäll, Daniel, Slovic, Paul, Mertz, C. K., Mazzocco, Ketti, Dickert, Stephan

“…A series of four studies explored how the ability to comprehend and transform probability numbers relates to performance on judgment and decision tasks. On the…”
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Terrorism as Hazard: A New Species of Trouble by Slovic, Paul

“…Discusses the implications of the terrorist attacks of September 11 (2001) for risk analysis & study of hazard generation. Considering the "exponential" mode…”
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Greater Emotional Gain from Giving in Older Adults: Age-Related Positivity Bias in Charitable Giving by Bjälkebring, Pär, Västfjäll, Daniel, Dickert, Stephan, Slovic, Paul

“…Older adults have been shown to avoid negative and prefer positive information to a higher extent than younger adults. This positivity bias influences their…”
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Risk as Analysis and Risk as Feelings: Some Thoughts about Affect, Reason, Risk, and Rationality by Slovic, Paul, Finucane, Melissa L., Peters, Ellen, MacGregor, Donald G.

“…Modern theories in cognitive psychology and neuroscience indicate that there are two fundamental ways in which human beings comprehend risk. The “analytic…”
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