Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

Fear arousal is widely used in persuasive campaigns and behavioral change interventions.
Yet, experimental evidence argues against the use of threatening health information. The …

Research indicates that core dimensions of psychological well-being can be cultivated
through intentional mental training. Despite growing research in this area and an increasing …

The rising prevalence of algorithmic interfaces, such as curated feeds in online news, raises
new questions for designers, scholars, and critics of media. This work focuses on how …

This paper supplies a compact synthesis of the empirical literature on misconceptions of and
misinformation about decision-relevant science. The incidence and impact of …

Kritische Lebensereignisse gehören zum Erfahrungshorizont fast aller Menschen. Es gilt zu
präzisieren, was Ereignisse als kritisch ausweist und welchen Platz sie jeweils im Leben …

The features, processes, and effects of children's experiences with their peers exist on
multiple levels of social complexity and intersect with many other developmental domains …

Decision scientists have identified various plausible sources of ideological polarization over
climate change, gun violence, national security, and like issues that turn on empirical …

The current study investigates whether and how Facebook increases college-age users'
subjective well-being by focusing on the number of Facebook friends and self-presentation …

Attitudes have been a central topic in social psychology from its early beginnings. But what
exactly are attitudes, where do they come from, and how can they be modified? The overall …