Words, numbers, warnings, tips, but still low risk perception Words, numbers, warnings, tips, but still low risk perception

• Published in: Mind & society Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 123 - 127
• Main Author: Macchi, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cognitive Psychology; Economics; Economics and Finance; Methodology of the Social Sciences; Pandemic 2020 and other disasters: What can we do with COVID19?; Philosophy of Science; Sociology; Perception of risk; Nudging; Communication

Psychology of communication must do everything is possible to promote an adequate perception of risk. This is particularly true when it comes to transmitting statistical and probabilistic data to an audience of non-experts, inevitably conditioning their perception of risk. Data are all available, bu...