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Why Pandemics and Climate Change Are Hard to Understand and Make Decision-Making Difficult

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Interacting with Computers

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This paper draws on diverse psychological, behavioural and numerical literature to understand some of the challenges we all face in making sense of large-scale phenomena and use this to create a roadmap for HCI responses. This body of knowledge offers tools and principles that can help HCI researche...

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ISSN: 0953-5438 1873-7951
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
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