Many everyday decisions have to be made under risk and can be interpreted as choices between gambles with different outcomes that are realized with specific probabilities. The underlying cognitive processes were investigated by testing six sets of hypotheses concerning choices, decision times,...

From a normative perspective the order in which evidence is presented should not bias legal judgment. Yet psychological research on how individuals process conflicting evidence suggests that order could matter. The evidence shows that decision-makers dissolve ambiguity by forging coherence. This...

German Abstract: Geschlechts- und Herkunftseffekte bei der Benotung juristischer Staatsprüfungen sind bisher nur unzureichend empirisch erforscht. Unter Nutzung der anonymisierten Daten aller elektronisch erfassten Noten der zweiten juristischen Staatprüfung der Jahre 2006-2016 des Landes...

Anticommons are a special kind of mixed-motive dilemma in which negative effects for society are caused by the excessive use of exclusion rights. In two fully incentivized experiments on trading goods with risky prospects, we disentangle three psychological sources that have been suggested to...