Not mere trickery: Effects of behavioral nudges persist despite disclosure
Thursday, December 3, 2015 - 21:11
in Psychology & Sociology
A team of researchers investigated whether the common assumption that defaults don't work if people are aware of them is true. The researchers found that warning people that they were about to be nudged, or informing them after the fact and allowing them to change their decisions, did not significantly diminish the effectiveness of the default option.