Basic Research
Risk Perception and Communication
Numeracy and Literacy
744 Svenson, O., Eriksson, G., & Gonzalez, N. (in press). Braking from different speeds: Judgments of collision speed if a car does not stop in time. Accident Analysis and Prevention, doi:10.1016/j.aap.2011.08.015
745 Dickert, S., Kleber, J., Peters, E., & Slovic, P. (2011). Numeracy as a precursor to pro-social behavior: The impact of numeracy and presentation format on the cognitive mechanisms underlying donation decisions. Judgment and Decision Making, 6, 638-650.
659 Daniel, D., Greene, J., & Peters, E. (2010). Screening question to identify patients with limited health literacy not enough [Letter to the editor]. Family Medicine, 42, 7-8.
690 Lipkus, I. M., Peters, E., Kimmick, G., Liotcheva, V., & Marcom, P. (2010). Breast cancer patients' treatment expectations after exposure to the decision aid program Adjuvant Online: The influence of numeracy. Medical Decision Making, 30, 464-473.
664 Slovic, P. (2010). The more who die, the less we care. In E. Michel-Kerjan & P. Slovic (Eds.), The irrational economist: Decision making in a dangerous world (pp. 30-40). New York: Public Affairs Press.
473 Peters, E., Dieckmann, N. F., Västfjäll, D., Mertz, C. K., Slovic, P., & Hibbard, J. H. (2009). Bringing meaning to numbers: The impact of evaluative categories on decisions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15, 213-227.
662 Dieckmann, N. F., Slovic, P., & Peters, E. M. (2009). The use of narrative evidence and explicit likelihood by decisionmakers varying in numeracy. Risk Analysis, 29, 1473-1488.
639 Lipkus, I. M., & Peters, E. (2009). Understanding the role of numeracy in health: Proposed theoretical framework and practical insights. Health Education and Behavior, 36, 1065-1081.
663 Peters, E. (2009). A perspective on eating behaviors from the field of judgment and decision making. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 38(Suppl. 1), 81-87.
658 Peters, E., & Castel, A. (2009). Numerical representation, math skills, memory, and decision-making [Peer commentary on the paper "Numerical representation in the parietal lobes: Abstract or not abstract?" by R. C. Kadosh & V. Walsh]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 32, 347-348.
611 Dieckmann, N. (2008, May). Numeracy: A review of the literature (Report No. 08-2). Eugene, OR: Decision Research. (Download; 137KB, PDF)
610 Green, J., Peters, E., Mertz, C. K., & Hibbard, J. H. (2008). Comprehension and choice of a consumer-directed health plan: An experimental study. The American Journal of Managed Care, 14, 369-376. Available here.
608 Nelson, W., Reyna, V. F., Fagerlin, A., Lipkus, I., & Peters, E. (2008). Clinical implications of numeracy: Theory and practice. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35, 261-274.
594 Peters, E. (2008). Numeracy and the perception and communication of risk. In W. T. Tucker, S. Ferson, A. M. Finkel, & D. Slavin (Eds.), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences: Vol. 1128. Strategies for risk communication: Evolution, evidence, experience (pp. 1-7). The New York Academy of Sciences.
615 Peters, E., & Levin, I. P. (2008). Dissecting the risky-choice framing effect: Numeracy as an individual-difference factor in weighting risky and riskless options. Judgment and Decision Making, 3, 435-448. Available here.
618 Peters, E., Slovic, P., Västfjall, D., & Mertz, C. K. (2008). Intuitive numbers guide decisions. Judgment and Decision Making, 3, 619-635. Retrieved December 30, 2008, from http://journal.sjdm.org/8827/jdm8827.pdf
578 Hibbard, J. H., Peters, E., Dixon, A., & Tusler, M. (2007).Consumer competencies and the use of comparative quality information: It isn't just about literacy. Medical Care Research and Review, 64, 379-394.
579 Peters, E., Dieckmann, N., Dixon, A., Hibbard, J. H., & Mertz, C. K. (2007). Less is more in presenting quality information to consumers. Medical Care Research and Review, 64, 169-190.
599 Peters, E., Hibbard, J., Slovic, P., & Dieckmann, N. F. (2007). Numeracy skill and the communication, comprehension, and use of risk-benefit information. Health Affairs, 26, 741-748.
553 Peters, E., Västfjäll, D., Slovic, P., Mertz, C. K., Mazzocco, K., & Dickert, S. (2006). Numeracy and decision making. Psychological Science, 17, 407-413.
549 Finucane, M. L., Mertz, C. K., Slovic, P., & Schmidt, E. S. (2005) Task complexity and older adults' decision-making competence. Psychology and Aging, 20, 71-84.
463 Finucane, M. L., Slovic, P., Hibbard, J. H., Peters, E., Mertz, C. K., & MacGregor, D. G. (2002). Aging and decision-making competence: An analysis of comprehension and consistency skills in older versus younger adults considering health-plan options. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 15, 141-164.
453 Satterfield, T. (2001). In search of value literacy: Suggestions for the elicitation of environmental values. Environmental Values, 10, 331-359.