Browsing by Author "Carey, Rachel"
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Decisions in motion: decision dynamics during intertemporal choice reflect subjective evaluation of delayed rewards
O’Hora, Denis; Carey, Rachel; Kervick, Aoife; Crowley, David; Dabrowski, Maciej (Springer Nature, 2016-02-12)People tend to discount rewards or losses that occur in the future. Such delay discounting has been linked to many behavioral and health problems, since people choose smaller short-term gains over greater long-term gains. ... -
The Impact of threat appeals on risky driving behaviours
Carey, Rachel (2014-03-26)A threat appeal is a form of persuasive communication that aims to change behaviour through the presentation of threatening material. Despite their widespread use in road safety campaigns, the empirical research exploring ...