APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Drift Diffusion Modeling Shows That Preferential Evidence Accumulation, Not Bias, Governs News Selection
- Richard Huskey
University of California, Davis - Xuanjun Gong
University of California, Davis - Ezgi Ulusoy
Michigan State University - Elizabeth Riggs
The Ohio State University - Rachael Kee
University of California, Davis - Jason Coronel
The Ohio State University - Allison Eden
Michigan State University - Amber Boydstun
University of California, Davis
Abstract
Consumer preference for negative news is known as the negativity bias. We examined this preference using a computational decision making model, the drift diffusion model. Contrary to previous research, we show that people's preference for negative news results not from bias, but from preferential evidence accumulation towards negative information.
Decision Making
