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9781573316811

Strategies for Risk Communication : Evolution, Evidence, Experience

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  • ISBN13:

    9781573316811

  • ISBN10:

    1573316814

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-05-27
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This volumes comes out of a symposium, sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis and the National Science Foundation, which explored practical methods and robust theories of risk communication arising from recent research in risk perception, neuroscience, and the evolutionary social sciences. The symposium addressed how humans process and perceive uncertainty and risks. The purpose of the symposium was to synthesize the findings from these diverse fields to inform the development of practical strategies for risk communication.NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order (www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership/main.asp for more information about becoming a member.

Author Biography

This volumes comes out of a symposium, sponsored by the Society for Risk Analysis and the National Science Foundation, which explored practical methods and robust theories of risk communication arising from recent research in risk perception, neuroscience, and the evolutionary social sciences. The symposium addressed how humans process and perceive uncertainty and risks. The purpose of the symposium was to synthesize the findings from these diverse fields to inform the development of practical strategies for risk communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Numeracy and the Perception and Communication of Risk
Evolution, Risk, and Neural Representation
Linguistic Uncertainty in Qualitative Risk Analysis and How to Minimize It
Transparency in Risk Communication: Graphical and Analog Tools
Visualizing Seismic Risk and Uncertainty: A Review of Related Research
The Neuronal Substrate of Risky Choice: An Insight into the Contributions of Neuroimaging to the Understanding of Theories on Decision-making under Risk
Multiple Systems in Decision-Making
A Frequency/Consequence-based Technique for Visualizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Perception of Risk
Risk Communication and Risky Choice in Context: Ambiguity and Ambivalence Hypothesis
Models and Methods in Delay Discounting
Science, Precaution and the Politics of Technological Risk: Converging Implications in Evolutionary and Social Scientific Perspectives
Evolved Altruism, Strong Reciprocity, and Perception of Risk
Perceiving OthersÆ Perceptions of Risk: Still a Task for Sisyphus
Index of Contributors
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