Scarcity affects cognitive biases: The case of the illusion of causality

Previous research indicates that economic scarcity affects people's judgments, decisions, and cognition in a variety of contexts, and with various consequences. We hypothesized that scarcity could sometimes reduce cognitive biases. Specifically, it could reduce the causal illusion, a cognitive...

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Main Authors: Aranzazu Vinas, Fernando Blanco, Helena Matute
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Acta Psychologica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000169182300183X