Stephen B Broomell
Biographic Data
| ID | 5914150 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen B Broomell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen B |
| FAMILY NAME | Broomell |
| SIGNATURE | BROOMELL S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carnegie Mellon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6983-2591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 31 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tactile Stimulus–Response Compatibility Effects
Tactile stimulus–response (S-R) compatibility effects have been explained in 3 different frame of reference accounts: internal, external, or remapping. However, it remains unclear which frame of reference contributes to these effects. The present study used various S-R compatibility paradigms to investigate the reference frames used to encode tactile stimuli and facilitate response selection. Experiment 1 validated a novel apparatus by obtaining …
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Crowds to Address Global Problems
Global climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the spread of misinformation on social media are just a handful of highly consequential problems affecting society. We argue that the rough contours of many societal problems can be framed within a “wisdom of crowds” perspective. Such a framing allows researchers to recast complex problems within a simple conceptual framework and leverage known results on crowd wisdom. To this end, we present a si…
Investigating lay evaluations of models
Many important decisions depend on unknown states of the world. Society is increasingly relying on statistical predictive models to make decisions in these cases. While predictive models are useful, previous research has documented that (a) individual decision makers distrust models and (b) people’s predictions are often worse than those of models. These findings indicate a lack of awareness of how to evaluate predictions generally. This includes…
Lay Detection of Unusual Patterns in the Frequency of Hurricanes
An increase in the severity of extreme weather is arguably one of the most important consequences of climate change with immediate and potentially devastating impacts. Recent events, like Hurricane Harvey, stimulated public discourse surrounding the role of climate change in amplifying, or otherwise modifying, the patterns of such events. Within the scientific community, recent years have witnessed considerable progress on “climate attribution”—t…
Do We Know Our Own Tornado Season? A Psychological Investigation of Perceived Tornado Likelihood in the Southeast United States
Reducing fatalities from tornadoes in the southeastern United States requires considering multiple societal factors, including the risk perceptions that influence how people interpret tornado forecasts and warnings and make protective decisions. This study investigates perceptions of tornado risk in the southeastern United States, operationalized as judgments of tornado likelihood. While it is possible that residents of the Southeast could learn …
The Perception of Daily Temperatures as Evidence of Global Warming
Unlike the scientific definition of global warming (GW), public discussion often links the existence of GW to daily temperatures rather than long-term averages. Previous research found that daily weather is perceived as personal experiences with GW. Additionally, prior beliefs about GW can affect interpretations of such experiences as evidence for the existence of GW. However, previous studies demonstrating that beliefs affect interpretations of …
Environmental risk perception from visual cues
Power analysis code, library of cloud pictures, supplementary information, and data analysis code for Dewitt, B., Fischhoff, B., Davis, A., & Broomell, S. B. (2015). Environmental risk perception from visual cues: the psychophysics of tornado risk perception. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12), 124009
Personal experience with climate change predicts intentions to act
Effective communication of uncertainty in the IPCC reports
The Luck of the Draw
Journal Article The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making by Peter Stone Get access The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making by Peter Stone. New York, Oxford University Press, 2011. 208 pp. $49.95. Stephen Broomell Stephen Broomell Carnegie Mellon University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 127, Issue 2, Summer 2012, Pages 339–34…
Improving Communication of Uncertainty in the Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses information relevant to the understanding of climate change and explores options for adaptation and mitigation. The IPCC reports communicate uncertainty by using a set of probability terms accompanied by global interpretational guidelines. The judgment literature indicates that there are large differences in the way people understand such phrases, and that their use may lead to confusi…
Improving Communication of Uncertainty in the Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assesses information relevant to the understanding of climate change and explores options for adaptation and mitigation. The IPCC reports communicate uncertainty by using a set of probability terms accompanied by global interpretational guidelines. The judgment literature indicates that there are large differences in the way people understand such phrases, and that their use may lead to confusi…
Effective communication of uncertainty in the IPCC reports
The Luck of the Draw
Journal Article The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making by Peter Stone Get access The Luck of the Draw: The Role of Lotteries in Decision Making by Peter Stone. New York, Oxford University Press, 2011. 208 pp. $49.95. Stephen Broomell Stephen Broomell Carnegie Mellon University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 127, Issue 2, Summer 2012, Pages 339–34…
Environmental risk perception from visual cues
Power analysis code, library of cloud pictures, supplementary information, and data analysis code for Dewitt, B., Fischhoff, B., Davis, A., & Broomell, S. B. (2015). Environmental risk perception from visual cues: the psychophysics of tornado risk perception. Environmental Research Letters, 10(12), 124009
Personal experience with climate change predicts intentions to act
The Perception of Daily Temperatures as Evidence of Global Warming
Unlike the scientific definition of global warming (GW), public discussion often links the existence of GW to daily temperatures rather than long-term averages. Previous research found that daily weather is perceived as personal experiences with GW. Additionally, prior beliefs about GW can affect interpretations of such experiences as evidence for the existence of GW. However, previous studies demonstrating that beliefs affect interpretations of …
Lay Detection of Unusual Patterns in the Frequency of Hurricanes
An increase in the severity of extreme weather is arguably one of the most important consequences of climate change with immediate and potentially devastating impacts. Recent events, like Hurricane Harvey, stimulated public discourse surrounding the role of climate change in amplifying, or otherwise modifying, the patterns of such events. Within the scientific community, recent years have witnessed considerable progress on “climate attribution”—t…
Do We Know Our Own Tornado Season? A Psychological Investigation of Perceived Tornado Likelihood in the Southeast United States
Reducing fatalities from tornadoes in the southeastern United States requires considering multiple societal factors, including the risk perceptions that influence how people interpret tornado forecasts and warnings and make protective decisions. This study investigates perceptions of tornado risk in the southeastern United States, operationalized as judgments of tornado likelihood. While it is possible that residents of the Southeast could learn …
Investigating lay evaluations of models
Many important decisions depend on unknown states of the world. Society is increasingly relying on statistical predictive models to make decisions in these cases. While predictive models are useful, previous research has documented that (a) individual decision makers distrust models and (b) people’s predictions are often worse than those of models. These findings indicate a lack of awareness of how to evaluate predictions generally. This includes…
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Crowds to Address Global Problems
Global climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the spread of misinformation on social media are just a handful of highly consequential problems affecting society. We argue that the rough contours of many societal problems can be framed within a “wisdom of crowds” perspective. Such a framing allows researchers to recast complex problems within a simple conceptual framework and leverage known results on crowd wisdom. To this end, we present a si…
Tactile Stimulus–Response Compatibility Effects
Tactile stimulus–response (S-R) compatibility effects have been explained in 3 different frame of reference accounts: internal, external, or remapping. However, it remains unclear which frame of reference contributes to these effects. The present study used various S-R compatibility paradigms to investigate the reference frames used to encode tactile stimuli and facilitate response selection. Experiment 1 validated a novel apparatus by obtaining …
Psychology (9 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Risk Perception and Management (5 works) · Climate change (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 works) · Mathematics (3 works)