A hard-to-read font reduces the framing effect in a large sample
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A hard-to-read font reduces the framing effect in a large sample. / Korn, Christoph W; Ries, Juliane; Schalk, Lennart; Oganian, Yulia; Saalbach, Henrik.
In: PSYCHON B REV, Vol. 25, No. 2, 04.2018, p. 696-703.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - A hard-to-read font reduces the framing effect in a large sample
AU - Korn, Christoph W
AU - Ries, Juliane
AU - Schalk, Lennart
AU - Oganian, Yulia
AU - Saalbach, Henrik
PY - 2018/4
Y1 - 2018/4
N2 - How can apparent decision biases, such as the framing effect, be reduced? Intriguing findings within recent years indicate that foreign language settings reduce framing effects, which has been explained in terms of deeper cognitive processing. Because hard-to-read fonts have been argued to trigger deeper cognitive processing, so-called cognitive disfluency, we tested whether hard-to-read fonts reduce framing effects. We found no reliable evidence for an effect of hard-to-read fonts on four framing scenarios in a laboratory (final N = 158) and an online study (N = 271). However, in a preregistered online study with a rather large sample (N = 732), a hard-to-read font reduced the framing effect in the classic "Asian disease" scenario (in a one-sided test). This suggests that hard-read-fonts can modulate decision biases-albeit with rather small effect sizes. Overall, our findings stress the importance of large samples for the reliability and replicability of modulations of decision biases.
AB - How can apparent decision biases, such as the framing effect, be reduced? Intriguing findings within recent years indicate that foreign language settings reduce framing effects, which has been explained in terms of deeper cognitive processing. Because hard-to-read fonts have been argued to trigger deeper cognitive processing, so-called cognitive disfluency, we tested whether hard-to-read fonts reduce framing effects. We found no reliable evidence for an effect of hard-to-read fonts on four framing scenarios in a laboratory (final N = 158) and an online study (N = 271). However, in a preregistered online study with a rather large sample (N = 732), a hard-to-read font reduced the framing effect in the classic "Asian disease" scenario (in a one-sided test). This suggests that hard-read-fonts can modulate decision biases-albeit with rather small effect sizes. Overall, our findings stress the importance of large samples for the reliability and replicability of modulations of decision biases.
KW - Journal Article
U2 - 10.3758/s13423-017-1395-4
DO - 10.3758/s13423-017-1395-4
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 29086158
VL - 25
SP - 696
EP - 703
JO - PSYCHON B REV
JF - PSYCHON B REV
SN - 1069-9384
IS - 2
ER -