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Insensitivity to the Value of Human Life: A Study of Psychophysical Numbing

DAVID FETHERSTONHAUGH, PAUL SLOVIC, STEPHEN JOHNSON, JAMES FRIEDRICH

Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1997. DOI 10.1023/a:1007744326393

Has this study been replicated?

The atlas records 1 replication of this study. Recorded outcomes: 1 mixed. The earliest on record is from 2021.

Replications

• Numbing or sensitization? Replications and extensions of Fetherstonhaugh et al. (1997)'s "Insensitivity to the Value of Human Life", Ziano et al. (2021). Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Outcome recorded: mixed. three unsuccessful replications of Study 1 showing instead an opposite psychophysical sensitization Outcome read from the abstract. View paper

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FETHERSTONHAUGH, D., SLOVIC, P., JOHNSON, S., & FRIEDRICH, J. (1997). Insensitivity to the Value of Human Life: A Study of Psychophysical Numbing. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 14(3), 283–300. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1007744326393

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