It’s common to hear someone claiming controversial comments were ‘taken out of context’ but this is a word with many meanings.
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Context, perceptions and expectations affect the choices both bees and people make.
Cognitive scientists are investigating the ways relative factors like new options and the order they’re presented influence your choices and beliefs.
Sarcasm thrives in ambiguous situations, which makes it especially ripe for misinterpretation.
Whether it’s items in a shop, potential speed-dating matches or athletes competing one after another, the order in which they’re presented affects our judgments.
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology, University of Lincoln
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Newberry College
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee; Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor, Social Anthropology, Durham University