Decisions from experience reduce misconceptions about climate change

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-29

  Dutt, Varun ^a   Gonzalez, Cleotilde ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Decisions from description; Decisions from experience; Repeated feedback; Simulators; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84455202395     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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