Communicating science effectively: A research agenda

National Academies of Sciences… - 2017 - books.google.com
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 …

Consequences of age-related cognitive declines

T Salthouse - Annual review of psychology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Adult age differences in a variety of cognitive abilities are well documented, and many of
those abilities have been found to be related to success in the workplace and in everyday …

Assessing miserly information processing: An expansion of the Cognitive Reflection Test

ME Toplak, RF West, KE Stanovich - Thinking & reasoning, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT; Frederick, 2005) is designed to measure the tendency
to override a prepotent response alternative that is incorrect and to engage in further …

[CITATION][C] Rationality & the Reflective Mind

KE Stanovich - 2011 - books.google.com
" In this book, Keith Stanovich attempts to resolve the Great Rationality Debate in cognitive
science-the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. Stanovich …

The Cognitive Reflection Test as a predictor of performance on heuristics-and-biases tasks

ME Toplak, RF West, KE Stanovich - Memory & cognition, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT; Frederick, 2005) is designed to measure the
tendency to override a prepotent response alternative that is incorrect and to engage in …

Measuring risk literacy: The Berlin numeracy test

ET Cokely, M Galesic, E Schulz, S Ghazal… - … and Decision making, 2012 - cambridge.org
We introduce the Berlin Numeracy Test, a new psychometrically sound instrument that
quickly assesses statistical numeracy and risk literacy. We present 21 studies (n= 5336) …

On the relative independence of thinking biases and cognitive ability.

KE Stanovich, RF West - Journal of personality and social …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
In 7 different studies, the authors observed that a large number of thinking biases are
uncorrelated with cognitive ability. These thinking biases include some of the most classic …

[HTML][HTML] Learn from the past, prepare for the future: Impacts of education and experience on disaster preparedness in the Philippines and Thailand

R Hoffmann, R Muttarak - World Development, 2017 - Elsevier
This study aims at understanding the role of education in promoting disaster preparedness.
Strengthening resilience to climate-related hazards is an urgent target of Goal 13 of the …

Creative and critical thinking: Independent or overlap** components?

SM Wechsler, C Saiz, SF Rivas… - Thinking skills and …, 2018 - Elsevier
There are questions as to whether creative or critical thinking are relevant for problem
solving. Therefore, we have analyzed the association between creative and critical thinking …

Why Entrepreneurs Often Experience Low, Not High, Levels of Stress: The Joint Effects of Selection and Psychological Capital

RA Baron, RJ Franklin… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
While creating and running new ventures, entrepreneurs are exposed to conditions known
to generate high levels of stress (eg, rapid change, unpredictable environments, work …