Change and status quo in decisions with defaults: The effect of incidental emotions depends on the type of default

Affective states can change how people react to measures aimed at influencing their decisions such as providing a default option. Previous research has shown that when defaults maintain the status quo positive mood increases reliance on the default and negative mood decreases it. Similarly, it has...

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Main Authors: Yury Shevchenko, Bettina von Helversen, Benjamin Scheibehenne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2014-05-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/13/13722/jdm13722.pdf