Thaler and Sunstein's “nudge”(1) has spawned a revolution in behavioral science research.
Despite its popularity, the “nudge approach” has been criticized for having a “limited …

Using capture-recapture analysis we estimate the effective size of the active Amazon
Mechanical Turk (MTurk) population that a typical laboratory can access to be about 7,300 …

A robust finding in social psychology is that people judge negative events as less likely to
happen to themselves than to the average person, a behavior interpreted as showing that …

In this chapter, we provide a historical overview of research on bias in human cognition,
ranging from early work in psychology through the detailed, quantitative examinations of …

We present a theoretical account of the origin of the shapes of utility, probability weighting,
and temporal discounting functions. In an experimental test of the theory, we systematically …

Abstract Argumentation is pervasive in everyday life. Understanding what makes a strong
argument is therefore of both theoretical and practical interest. One factor that seems …

Verbal probability expressions are frequently used to communicate risk and uncertainty. The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for example, uses them to convey risks …

How well we are attuned to the statistics of our environment is a fundamental question in
understanding human behaviour. It seems particularly important to be able to provide …

Repayment decisions—how much of the loan to repay and when to make the payments—
directly influence consumer debt levels. The authors examine how minimum required …

The appeal to expert opinion is an argument form that uses the verdict of an expert to
support a position or hypothesis. A previous scheme‐based treatment of the argument form …