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Direct linkClarissa A. Thompson; Jennifer M. Taber; Pooja G. Sidney; Charles J. Fitzsimmons; Marta K. Mielicki; Percival G. Matthews; Erika A. Schemmel; Nicolle Simonovic; Jeremy L. Foust; Pallavi Aurora; David J. Disabato; T. H. Stanley Seah; Lauren K. Schiller; Karin G. Coifman – Grantee Submission, 2021
At the onset of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic, our interdisciplinary team hypothesized that a mathematical misconception--whole number bias (WNB)--contributed to beliefs that COVID-19 was less fatal than the flu. We created a brief online educational intervention for adults, leveraging evidence-based cognitive science…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Cognitive Processes, Logical Thinking
