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When individuals make decisions, they tend to prefer information that is consistent with their choices over information that is inconsistent with their choices. This phenomenon is known as selective exposure to confirmatory information, and it has been shown to detrimentally affect the quality of decision outcomes. In this article, we review the most important recent findings on the determinants of this phenomenon, highlight its potential real-life consequences for decision makers and their judgments, and propose a theoretical model that is able to integrate a variety of inconsistent findings in selective exposure research. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Evaluates the judgments of jury about damage awards. Types of damage awards; Compliance with legal rules governing decisions in civil tort cases; Information about the distribution of awards in comparable cases. INSET: Recommended Reading.

Timing of relatively short durations is an essential cognitive function that influences many aspects of humans' daily behavior. Human duration judgments often show large influences of content and context, as well as individual variability, such as age and sex-related differences. At first glance, many findings seem contradictory. The key to navigating in the stormy sea of research findings is to realize that a complete understanding of any kind of temporal experience occurs only if one considers complex interactions among contextual factors.