Seminár z kognitívnej vedy - Lenka Kostovičová (21.11.2017)

v utorok 21.11.2017 o 16:30 hod. v miestnosti I/9

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Prednášajúci: Mgr. Lenka Kostovičová, PhD.  (Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV & FSEV UK v Bratislave)

Názov: Format-related biases in cognitive processing of probabilities and risks

Termín: 21.11.2017, 16:30 hod., I/9

Abstrakt:
Accurate understanding of probability and risk is crucial for informed choices. However, decades of research on human decision making have provided evidence that people are prone to numerous biases in probabilistic reasoning. Large part of these deviations is related to external representation of data. For instance, people are sensitive to statistical format of numerical information and to verbal probability framing. The lecture will cover three main themes: i) a short review of experimental evidence on how simple changes in information wording affect processing of risks and probabilities, ii) practical applications in medical, environmental and financial domain, and iii) suggestions and challenges for further research.

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