| Title |
How people decide what they want to know
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Nature Human Behaviour, January 2020
|
| DOI | 10.1038/s41562-019-0793-1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tali Sharot, Cass R. Sunstein |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 478 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 93 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 37 | 8% |
| Mexico | 14 | 3% |
| France | 12 | 3% |
| Canada | 10 | 2% |
| Brazil | 10 | 2% |
| Spain | 10 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 10 | 2% |
| Germany | 9 | 2% |
| Other | 93 | 19% |
| Unknown | 180 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 328 | 69% |
| Scientists | 118 | 25% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 15 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 501 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 501 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 90 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 76 | 15% |
| Researcher | 51 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 34 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 5% |
| Other | 80 | 16% |
| Unknown | 145 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 93 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 40 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 22 | 4% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 18 | 4% |
| Other | 113 | 23% |
| Unknown | 173 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
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