M.B. Brewer’s scientific contributions

... Participants were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental conditions in a 2 (distance manipulation: close versus distant consequences) x 2 (distance accentuation: accentuation versus no accentuation) between-participants design (see the randomization check in Supplement 2.1). This experimental setup follows the standard methodological practices in social psychology, aimed at establishing causal relationships by manipulating independent variables and observing their effects on dependent variables under controlled conditions (see Aronson et al 1998). First, participants read a scientific report that presented either spatially and temporally proximal or distal consequences of climate change 5 . ...

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‘Going the distance’? The effects of a new method of proximizing climate change on perceived distance, risk perception, emotional response, and engagement in climate change mitigation