Numeracy and Literacy

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.

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(10), 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.

665 Slovic, P. (2009). Can international law stop genocide when our moral intuitions fail us? In E. Shafir (Ed.), Behavior and policy. Book manuscript in preparation.

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.