CeDEx University of Nottingham

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Experimental Economics and Behavioural Science news from the Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics at the University of Nottingham, UK. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/

A wonderful homecoming — it was a real pleasure to be back at Nottingham @uoneconomics.bsky.social as a CeDEx seminar speaker. Nottingham is where I did my PhD, so it was great to reconnect with old friends and colleagues and talk research again. 🙏

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CeDEx University of Nottingham@uoncedex.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tomorrow, 17th June, we will welcome @orestis-kps.bsky.social as our latest CeDEx seminar speaker. The talk will take place in @uoneconomics.bsky.social Sir Clive Granger Building, room A40 between 1-2pm. More about the speaker: kopsacheilis.com and about our seminars: tinyurl.com/3c43z4v5

Orestis Kopsacheilis

Very interesting cross-cultural research including former @uoncedex.bsky.social researcher @jonathanschulz.bsky.social

Nature Human Behaviour@nathumbehav.nature.com · 12mo ago

A Registered Report of 7,978 people in 20 countries by @cmolho.bsky.social et al finds that decision-makers willfully ignore inconvenient information. Information about the negative consequences drives prosociality, especially among guilt-prone individuals. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"people expect rule-conformity and view it as socially appropriate. Rule-breaking is contagious but remains moderate. Pro-social motives and extrinsic incentives increase rule-conformity, but unconditional rule-following and social expectations explain most of it." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why people follow rules - Nature Human Behaviour

Why do people follow rules, even when breaking them has no consequences? Experiments with 14,034 participants reveal that rule-following is not just about rewards or punishments—it is driven by intrin...

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