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There will be an interaction of device mobility and beneficiary distance on donation amount. Smartphone users will donate more to faraway charity beneficiaries, when compared to desktop users.

Study examining the effect of recalling a personal life transition on satiation to an advertisement.

There will be an interaction of device mobility and beneficiary distance on donation amount. Smartphone users will donate more to faraway charitable recipients, when compared to desktop users. Perceived closeness will mediate the relationship between increased device mobility and donation to those far.

There will be an interaction of device mobility and beneficiary distance on donation amount. Smartphone users will donate more to faraway charitable recipients, when compared to desktop users.

There will be an interaction of device mobility and beneficiary distance on donation amount. Smartphone users will donate more to faraway charitable recipients, when compared to desktop users. Perceived closeness will mediate the relationship between increased device mobility and donation to those far.

Study examining the effect of recalling a personal life transition on satiation to ad consumption.

Study examining the effect of recalling a personal life transition on satiation to art consumption.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will order 3 laptop features from most to least important indicating why their laptop is more mobile (vs. less mobile). Participants then write an open-ended response for why the feature they ranked highest was important in defining why their laptop was more mobile (vs. less mobile). Next, participants read about the YMCA with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. They are told that they have a chance to receive $30 as a study bonus payment, and that any amount can be donated to charity. All money allocated by participants to the YMCA will be directly donated to the YMCA at a later date by the researchers.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to write 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile). Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. They will indicate how much of a hypothetical $0.30 bonus payment they would donate to the charity.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to write 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile). Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. They will then indicate how much of a $0.30 bonus payment they would hypothetically donate to the charity.

Participants will be randomly assigned to take the study on their laptop versus smartphone. Then, they will input their demographic information. They next learn that 5 participants taking the study will win $30.00. Participants are told that they will have the opportunity to donate some, none, or all of that $30. Next, participants are randomly assigned to a donation plea for Feeding America where the recipients are framed as near versus faraway on a map. After indicating their preferred donation amount, participants will indicate how psychologically close they feel to the Feeding America charity recipients. All money allocated by participants to Feeding America will be directly donated to Feeding America at a later date by the researchers.

Participants will choose between vending machine snack options. Participants will be randomly assigned to make their selection by either clicking their preferred snack option or typing in a 5-digit vending machine code corresponding to their preferred snack option. In addition, participants will be randomly assigned to make either one snack choice or four snack choices. Those who make four (versus one) choices will have more (versus less) practice clicking/typing to select snack options. In all conditions, only the final choice (i.e., the first or the fourth) serves as the key dependent variable. In this choice, participants will be randomly assigned to either a condition where the options in that choice set are of the same visual salience or a condition where one of the options (focal option) in that choice set is more visually salient than the other options. We will measure the choice share of the focal option across conditions in the 2 (modality: click vs. type to select option) X 2 (practice: no practice vs. practice clicking or typing to select option) X 2 (salience: same salience across options vs. one option more salient) between-subjects design.

Participants will be randomly assigned to take the study on their laptop versus smartphone. Then, they will input their demographic information. They next learn that 5 participants taking the study will win $30.00. Participants are told that they will have the opportunity to allocate that $30 between a nearby charity branch vs. faraway charity branch vs. keep for themselves. Before/After (randomly ordered) indicating their preferred donation amount, participants will indicate how psychologically close they feel to people inside vs. outside their area.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank and elaborate on reasons why they believe their device is more mobile (versus less mobile). Participants then read about the United Way with mention of a focus on near (versus far) recipients. They are told that they may be selected to win $30.00 and asked how much of that bonus payment they would like to donate to charity. In addition, participants will indicate how psychologically close they feel to the charity recipients. All money allocated by participants to the United Way will be directly donated to the United Way at a later date by the researchers.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to write 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile). Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. They are given a $0.30 bonus payment for study participation and told that any amount can be donated to the charity and they will specify their preferred amount. All money allocated by participants to the YMCA will be directly donated to the YMCA at a later date by the researchers.

A Facebook advertising campaign in partnership with Social Impact Movement to increase awareness for the organization that protects beaches in a southern coastal U.S. city. Potential supporters on Facebook will be targeted by location and device type. We will target two locations: a southern coastal U.S. city area (near to the cause) versus a southern non-coastal U.S. city (far from the cause). We will target two device types: mobile (smartphone/tablet) versus non-mobile (desktop/laptop). The same advertisement will be displayed across all four conditions. Click through rate (CTR) will be used to measure and compare response rates across conditions. For each click, the researchers conducting this study will donate $0.25 to Social Impact Movement.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to write 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile). Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. They are given a $0.30 bonus payment for study participation and told that any amount can be donated to the charity and they will specify their preferred amount. In addition, participants will indicate how psychologically close they feel to the YMCA charity recipients. All money allocated by participants to the YMCA will be directly donated to the YMCA at a later date by the researchers.

This study examines the interaction between surveillance technology and perceived vulnerability on opposition towards prescribed behavior.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile), and elaborate on the top ranked reason. Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. Participants will learn that they have a chance to receive $30.00 as a bonus payment which they can allocate to charity or keep for themselves. All money allocated by participants to the YMCA will be directly donated to the YMCA at a later date by the researchers.

This study examines the interaction between surveillance technology and vulnerability on opposition towards prescribed behavior.

Study examining the interaction between post-prosocial investment behavior and karma beliefs.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile), and elaborate on the top ranked reason. Participants will learn that they have a chance to receive $30.00 as a bonus payment which they can allocate to a near charity, far charity, or keep for themselves. All money allocated by participants to CARE will be directly donated to CARE at a later date by the researchers. Next, participants will rate how close they feel to people within vs. outside their current location.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile), and elaborate on the top ranked reason. Participants then read about CARE with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. Participants will learn that they have a chance to receive $30.00 as a bonus payment which they can allocate to charity or keep for themselves. All money allocated by participants to CARE will be directly donated to CARE at a later date by the researchers. Next, participants will rate how close they feel to people within vs. outside their current location.

Participants will be randomly assigned to take the study on their desktop versus smartphone. Then, they will input their demographic information. They next learn that 5 participants taking the study will win $30.00. Participants are told that they can allocate any portion of that $30 to the YMCA whose recipients are not framed in terms of distance (control), framed as near, or framed as far.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile), and elaborate on the top ranked reason. Participants then read about CARE with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. Participants will learn that they have a chance to receive $30.00 as a bonus payment which they can allocate to charity or keep for themselves. All money allocated by participants to CARE will be directly donated to CARE at a later date by the researchers. Next, participants will rate how attached they feel to their current location.

We will manipulate device mobility by randomly assigning participants to take a lab survey either on a smartphone or desktop. All devices will be touchscreen to control for interaction mode. We will manipulate recipient distance through variation in near vs. far physical location of recipients of the same charity. We will measure real amount of money donated to the cause.

Laptop users will first indicate demographic information. Then, they will be randomly assigned to rank 3 reasons why they believe their device is very mobile (versus not very mobile), and elaborate on the top ranked reason. Participants then read about the YMCA who is building centers with no mention of recipient distance (control), with mention of a focus on near recipients, or with mention of a focus on far recipients. Participants will receive $0.30 as a bonus payment which they can allocate to charity or keep for themselves. All money allocated by participants to the YMCA will be directly donated to the YMCA at a later date by the researchers.

This study examines the interaction between surveillance technology and measured vulnerability on opposition towards prescribed behavior through feelings of reactance.

Examine main effect of prosocial behavior on increased financial risk taking, mediating role of expected lucky outcome, and moderating role of karmic beliefs.

This study examines the interaction between surveillance technology and perceived vulnerability on opposition towards prescribed behavior.

This study examines the interaction between surveillance technology and perceived vulnerability on opposition towards prescribed behavior.

Late Triassic and early Jurassic dikes and fissures in the Dachstein Limestone in the Northern Calcareous Alps harbor mass occurrences of the rhynchonellide brachiopods Sulcirostra juvavica and Halorella amphitoma. To test recent hypotheses about their paleoecology, we characterized these habitats using petrography, carbon stable isotopes, and trace element patterns, and found no evidence for hydrocarbon seepage or hydrothermal venting. Thus the brachiopods lived under normal-marine conditions, in darkness and absence of local photosynthetic primary production, hence relying on the supply of limited and presumably small-sized food washed into the dikes and fissures. Because Halorella and Sulcirostra occur in dikes and fissures since the beginning of their stratigraphic ranges, these rhynchonellides are not relics of formerly widely distributed taxa, but instead are two genera that rapidly adapted to these habitats. Both Halorella and Sulcirostra occur also in late Triassic and early Jurassic deep-water settings such as deep-marine sills and hydrocarbon seeps, indicating that close phylogenetic relationships between submarine cave faunas and deep-sea faunas, as seen today, existed also in the early Mesozoic, albeit among very different taxa. Another analogy to the modern cave fauna is the wide but disjunct geographic distribution of Sulcirostra and Halorella, both found throughout the Tethys and Panthalassa oceans. Our findings support the view that submarine cave habitats were continuously colonized by new taxa throughout Earth’s history. Financial support was provided by the Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF) through grant M1779-N29 to Kiel and Peckmann