Ralph Hertwig

Sep 13, 2024 | nature.com | Ralph Hertwig

AbstractVaccine hesitancy was a major challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic. A common but sometimes ineffective intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy involves providing information on vaccine effectiveness, side effects, and related probabilities. Could biased processing of this information contribute to vaccine refusal?

May 12, 2024 | nature.com | Anastasia Kozyreva |Philipp Lorenz-Spreen |Stefan M. Herzog |Stephan Lewandowsky |Ralph Hertwig |Joe Bak-Coleman | +17 more

AbstractThe spread of misinformation through media and social networks threatens many aspects of society, including public health and the state of democracies. One approach to mitigating the effect of misinformation focuses on individual-level interventions, equipping policymakers and the public with essential tools to curb the spread and influence of falsehoods. Here we introduce a toolbox of individual-level interventions for reducing harm from online misinformation.

Feb 2, 2024 | lse.ac.uk | Ralph Hertwig

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Sep 5, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Ralph Hertwig |Stefan M. Herzog |Anastasia Kozyreva

Social-welfare policies can lead to waste, discrimination, resource misallocation, and injustices. One important reason for this is the risk that decision-making could be compromised by implicit biases that infuse public-policy decisions. Implicit biases can surface in attitudes and stereotypes that, possibly without individuals’ awareness, influence social judgments and behavior (Greenwald & Lai, 2020).

Aug 16, 2023 | edweek.org | Ralph Hertwig

What’s an easy way to help kids eat more fruits and vegetables? Make healthy foods convenient and give them more time to eat them. Research has found that eating healthier is associated with better school performance. Here’s something I wrote about the topic for Character Lab as a Tip of the Week:“If you don’t eat your vegetables, you can’t have dessert.”That’s just one of the many tactics parents have tried in the struggle to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables. But what actually works?