Publications by authors named "Piero Ronzani"
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates whether competition influences moral behavior, a topic that has produced mixed results in previous research due to varying experimental designs.
- Researchers collected data from over 18,000 participants across 45 different experimental setups, finding that competition has a small negative impact on moral behavior.
- The results highlight significant differences in effect sizes across studies, suggesting that relying on just one experimental design may not provide a clear understanding of the relationship between competition and morality.
Scientists and medical experts are among the professionals trusted the most. Are they also the most suitable figures to convince the general public to get vaccinated? In a pre-registered experiment, we tested whether expert endorsement increases the effectiveness of debunking messages about COVID-19 vaccines. We monitored a sample of 2,277 people in Italy through a longitudinal study along the salient phases of the vaccination campaign.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDisinformation about science can impose enormous economic and public health burdens. A recently proposed strategy to help online users recognise false content is to follow the techniques of professional fact checkers, such as looking for information on other websites (lateral reading) and looking beyond the first results suggested by search engines (click restraint). In two preregistered online experiments (N = 5387), we simulated a social media environment and tested two interventions, one in the form of a pop-up meant to advise participants to follow such techniques, the other based on monetary incentives.
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