Temporal discounting of tornado shelter-seeking intentions amidst standard and impact-based weather alerts: A crowdsourced experiment

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Applied Vol. 26; no. 1; p. 16
• Main Authors: Gelino, Brett W, Reed, Derek D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2020
• ISSN: 1939-2192
• DOI: 10.1037/xap0000246

Tornadoes are atmospheric events capable of massive devastation, involving physical destruction and human casualties. Following the 2011 Joplin, MO tornado that claimed the lives of nearly 160 people, the National Weather Service and National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that bett...