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Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied
Peer-reviewed empirical investigations in experimental psychology that bridge practical problems and theory. Read sample articles and submit your paper today.
Risk Perception, Decision Making, and Risk Communication in the Time of COVID-19
Special issue of APA's Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Vol. 27, No. 4, December 2021. The studies contained in this special issue, conducted between April 2020 and March 2021, were selected to represent experimental research that is relevant to this unique situation and that also inform and extend existing theory. These studies investigate three broad topics: Risk perception, decision-making under risk, and risk communication in the context of COVID-19.
Adult Age Differences in Information Foraging in an Interactive Reading Environment [PDF]
This study used a novel reading paradigm to investigate age differences in the effects of information richness and costs of switching between texts on selection of sources and study time allocation.
Division 21 program summary
Highlights of Div 21 sessions from 2013 APA meeting.
Cognitive Factors in Health Care
Special issue of APA's Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Vol. 17, No. 3, September 2011. Includes articles about a wide range of patient safety problems such as provider error in inpatient settings related to diagnosis, medication administration, and surgery, as well as patient-related problems in outpatient settings, such as comprehension and decision-making related to illness prevention and self-care.
Health Care Research That Delivers: Introduction to the Special Issue on Cognitive Factors in Health Care [PDF]
Provides an introduction to the special issue, Cognitive Factors in Health Care. The papers all describe studies that are both theoretically guided and address critical problems of broad significance for health care. Consistent with the aims of this journal, each study is a theoretically guided investigation of an applied problem.
