Joris Lammers|Jan Crusius|Anne Gast
Correcting misperceptions of exponential coronavirus growth increases support for social distancing
University of Bremen|University of Cologne|University of Cologne
significance given current lack effective vaccine prevent coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 one effective ways prevent illness social distancing time sizeable portion public fails see necessity measures identify one root cause people mistakenly perceive coronavirus grow linear manner underestimating actual potential exponential growth show correcting perceptual error significantly increases support social distancing research shows importance statistical literacy among general public increasing support fight coronavirus using effective method currently available