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The role of numeracy in the risky decision making process: Psychological and neural mechanisms.

2015/17/D/HS6/00703

Keywords:

numeracy affect probability decision making risk process tracing

Descriptors:

  • HS6_1: General psychology (cognitive processes, emotions, motivations, personality, individual differences), experimental psychology, psycholinguistics
  • HS6_5: Evolutionary and comparative psychology, genetics of behaviour, psychophysiology, neuropsychology

Panel:

HS6 - Human nature and human society: psychology, pedagogy/education studies, sociology

Host institution :

SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny z siedzibą w Warszawie, II Wydział Psychologii

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Jakub Traczyk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: SONATA 9 - announced on 2015-03-16

Amount awarded: 317 651 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2016-02-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2019-09-30

Project duration:: 44 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Profesjonalny komputer przenośny (laptop) wraz z oprogramowaniem. (6 500 PLN)
  2. Licencja na profesjonalne oprogramowanie do przeprowadzania badań eksperymentalnych drogą internetową (WEB Inquisit 4) (4 551 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  1. The experience-based format of probability improves probability estimates: The moderating role of individual differences in numeracy.
    Authors:
    Traczyk, J., Sobkow, A., Matukiewicz, A., Petrova, D., & Garcia-Retamero, R.
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Psychology (rok: 2020, tom: 55, strony: 273-281), Wydawca: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/ijop.12566 - link to the publication
  2. Does mental number line training work? The effects of cognitive training on real-life mathematics, numeracy, and decision making
    Authors:
    Sobkow, A., Fulawka, K., Tomczak, P., Zjawiony, P., & Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied (rok: 2019, tom: 25, strony: 372-385), Wydawca: American Psychological Association
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1037/xap0000207 - link to the publication
  3. Numerate decision makers don't use more effortful strategies unless it pays: A process tracing investigation of skilled and adaptive strategy selection in risky decision making
    Authors:
    Traczyk, J., Sobkow, A., Fulawka, K., Kus, J., Petrova, D., & Garcia-Retamero, R.
    Academic press:
    Judgment and Decision Making (rok: 2018, tom: 13, strony: 372–381), Wydawca: Society for Judgment and Decision Making
    Status:
    Published
  4. Numeracy and Risk Literacy: What have we learned so far?
    Authors:
    Garcia-Retamero, R., Sobkow, A., Petrova, D. G., Garrido, D., & Traczyk, J.
    Academic press:
    Spanish Journal of Psychology (rok: 2019, tom: 22, strony: n/d), Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1017/sjp.2019.16 - link to the publication
  5. Does Fear Increase Search Effort in More Numerate People? An Experimental Study Investigating Information Acquisition in a Decision From Experience Task
    Authors:
    Traczyk, J., Lenda, D., Serek, J., Fulawka, K., Tomczak, P., Strizyk, K., Polec, A., Zjawiony, P., Sobkow, A.
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Psychology (rok: 2018, tom: 9, strony: 1203), Wydawca: Frontiers Media SA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01203 - link to the publication
  6. Numeracy moderates the influence of task-irrelevant affect on probability weighting
    Authors:
    Jakub Traczyk, Kamil Fuławka
    Academic press:
    Cognition (rok: 2016, tom: 151, strony: 37-41), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cognition.2016.03.002 - link to the publication
  7. The Affective Bases of Risk Perception: Negative Feelings and Stress Mediate the Relationship between Mental Imagery and Risk Perception
    Authors:
    Agata Sobków, Jakub Traczyk, Tomasz Zaleśkiewicz
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Psychology (rok: 2016, tom: 7, strony: 45301), Wydawca: Frontiers Media S.A
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00932 - link to the publication
  8. The relationship between adaptive strategy selection and cognitive effort: an eye tracking study
    Authors:
    Dominik Lenda, Jakub Traczyk
    Academic press:
    Psychologia Ekonomiczna (rok: 2018, tom: 13, strony: 35–48), Wydawca: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Krakowie
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.15678/PJOEP.2018.13.03 - link to the publication