Claims for asylum entail many complex psychological interactions. The claimant presents his or her claim, interviews are conducted, appeals heard and decisions made. In other areas of law, civil or criminal law, for example, there is a wealth of studies exploring the interface with psychology...

This chapter focuses on the financial mindset and behaviors of Millennials, and how they interact with financial advisors. Millennials have surpassed Baby Boomers as the productive generation and are projected to be the wealthiest. At 80 million strong, millennials are poised to leave their...

According to construal level theory (CLT) [Trope, Y., & Liberman, N. (2003) Temporal construal. Physical Review, 110, 403-421], psychological representation of information depends on "psychological distance", that is, on whether the relevant information refers to the near or distant...