Science and technology are embedded in virtually every aspect of modern life. As a result,
people face an increasing need to integrate information from science with their personal …

We review the growing literature on health numeracy, the ability to understand and use
numerical information, and its relation to cognition, health behaviors, and medical outcomes …

Accentuate the positive or accentuate the negative? The literature has been mixed as to how
the alternative framing of information in positive or negative terms affects judgments and …

Health-relevant communications can be framed in terms of the benefits (gains) or costs
(losses) associated with a particular behavior, and the framing of such persuasive messages …

In framing studies, logically equivalent choice situations are differently described and the
resulting preferences are studied. A meta-analysis of framing effects is presented for risky …

Combining meaning, memory, and development, the perennially popular topic of intuition
can be approached in a new way. Fuzzy-trace theory integrates these topics by …

We review the current status of fuzzy-trace theory. The presentation is organized around five
topics. First, theoretical ideas that immediately preceded the development of fuzzy-trace …

Crime, smoking, drug use, alcoholism, reckless driving, and many other unhealthy patterns
of behavior that play out over a lifetime often debut during adolescence. Avoiding risks or …

From Piaget to the present, traditional and dual-process theories have predicted
improvement in reasoning from childhood to adulthood, and improvement has been …

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