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Alcohol reduces aversion to ambiguity

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, January 2015
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Title
Alcohol reduces aversion to ambiguity
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01578
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Authors

Tadeusz Tyszka, Anna Macko, Maciej Stańczak

Abstract

Several years ago, Cohen et al. (1958) demonstrated that under the influence of alcohol drivers became more risk prone, although their risk perception remained unchanged. Research shows that ambiguity aversion is to some extent positively correlated with risk aversion, though not very highly (Camerer and Weber, 1992). The question addressed by the present research is whether alcohol reduces ambiguity aversion. Our research was conducted in a natural setting (a restaurant bar), where customers with differing levels of alcohol intoxication were offered a choice between a risky and an ambiguous lottery. We found that alcohol reduced ambiguity aversion and that the effect occurred in men but not women. We interpret these findings in terms of the risk-as-value hypothesis, according to which, people in Western culture tend to value risk, and suggest that alcohol consumption triggers adherence to socially and culturally valued patterns of conduct different for men and women.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 18 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 3 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 17%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 11%
Student > Master 2 11%
Other 1 6%
Other 4 22%
Unknown 3 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 11 61%
Business, Management and Accounting 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 6%
Neuroscience 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 3 17%
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Attention Score in Context

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#414,274
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#856
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#5,469
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#21
of 402 outputs
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