The polarizing impact of science literacy and numeracy on perceived climate change risks

2012/05/25 by Dan M. Kahan, Ellen Peters, Maggie Wittlin +5 · 1 citation
Environmental Science · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Apathy #Climate Change Communication and Perception #Climate change #Cognition #Comprehension #Computer science #Economics #Empirical evidence #Environmental Education and Sustainability #Epistemology #Global warming #Heuristics #Law #Literacy #Numeracy #Political science #Positive economics #Psychology #Public awareness of science #Public relations #Risk Perception and Management #Science communication #Science education #Scientific consensus #Scientific evidence #Scientific literacy #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1038/nclimate1547

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