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    • Appetitive drives for ultra-processed food products and the ability of text warnings to counteract consumption predispositions 

      David, Isabel de Paula Antunes; Rezende, Laura Krutman; Fernández-Santaella, María Carmen; Andrade, Jéssica R.; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Oliveira, Letícia; Fortes, Mirtes Garcia Pereira; Gomes, Fabio da Silva; Gleiser, Sonia; Oliveira, José M.; Araújo, Renata L.; Volchan, E.; Santos, Filipe Braga dos
      2018
      Objective The present study aimed to (i) assess the appetitive drives evoked by the visual cues of ultra-processed food and drink products and (ii) investigate whether text warnings reduce appetitive drives and consumers' ...
    • Combine or separate future pain? The impact of current pain on decisions about future dental treatments 

      Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Bianchini, Marco Aurelio; Lucchiari Junior, Newton
      2013-05-21
      Patients are often given the option of undergoing future painful treatments in one or multiple sessions (e.g., extracting two wisdom teeth on one or two different days). In a randomized controlled field experiment, we ...
    • Fear, excitement, and financial risk-taking 

      Lee, Chan Jean; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt
      2015-01-02
      Can fear trigger risk-taking? In this paper, we assess whether fear can be reinterpreted as a state of excitement as a result of contextual cues and promote, rather than discourage, risk-taking. In a laboratory experiment, ...
    • Hedging against embarrassment 

      Goulart, Marco; Costa Junior, Newton C. A. da; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Santos, André Alves Portela
      2015
      This paper assesses the extent to which the expected disclosure to peers of an individual investor's financial performance influences his/her stock-trading decisions. In a lab experiment, participants trade in incentivized ...
    • The impact of goal (non)attainment on consumer preference through changes in regulatory focus 

      Silva, Danielle Mantovani Lucena da; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Prado, Paulo Henrique Muller
      2018
      Purpose: Previous research has investigated how performance outcome impacts effort and subsequent goal pursuit. However, little is known about the incidental impact of goal (non)attainment on consumer preference via changes ...
    • Interpersonal relationships and preferences for mood-congruency in aesthetic experiences 

      Lee, Chan Jean; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Palmer, Stephen E.
      2013-08
      Prior research examining how negative feelings influence aesthetic preferences (e. g., liking of different kinds of music, movies, or stories) has reported inconsistent findings. This article proposes a theoretical argument ...
    • Misestimating betting behavior: the role of negative asymmetries in emotional self prediction 

      Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Claro, Danny P.; Islam, Gazi
      2014-12
      This paper addresses the role of negative asymmetries in emotional self-prediction by looking at the extent to which individuals misestimate their own betting behavior in sequential gambles. In a series of three experimental ...
    • Moral violations reduce oral consumption 

      Chan, Cindy; Van Boven, Leaf; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Ariely, Dan
      2014-07
      Consumers frequently encounter moral violations in everyday life. They watch movies and television shows about crime and deception, hear news reports of corporate fraud and tax evasion, and hear gossip about cheaters and ...
    • The offer framing effect: choosing single versus bundled offerings affects variety seeking 

      Mittelman, Mauricio; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt; Chattopadhyay, Amitava; Brendl, C. Miguel
      2014-12
      Choices of multiple items can be framed as a selection of single offerings (e. g., a choice of two individual candy bars) or of bundled offerings (e. g., a choice of a bundle of two candy bars). Four experiments provide ...
    • Sequential betting behavior: a test of asymmetric inconsistencies in group decision making 

      Islam, Gazi; Claro, Danny P.; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt
      2014-02
      Previous research has shown that individual decision makers tend to bet more than initially planned after experiencing a loss but not after a gain. This research tests whether groups in consensus decision-making contexts ...
    • What a smile means: contextual beliefs and facial emotion expressions in a non-verbal zero-sum game 

      Padua Junior, Fabio Pimenta de; Prado, Paulo Henrique Muller; Roeder, Scott S.; Andrade, Eduardo Bittencourt
      2016-04-19
      Research into the authenticity of facial emotion expressions often focuses on the physical properties of the face while paying little attention to the role of beliefs in emotion perception. Further, the literature most ...