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How behavioural science data helps mitigate the COVID-19 crisis

Nature Human Behaviour volume 4, page 438 (2020) Cite this article

In the current absence of medical treatment and vaccination, the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic can only be brought under control by massive and rapid behaviour change. To achieve this we need to systematically monitor and understand how different individuals perceive risk and what prompts them to act upon it, argues Cornelia Betsch.

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  1. Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioural Sciences (CEREB), University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

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Betsch, C. How behavioural science data helps mitigate the COVID-19 crisis. Nat Hum Behav 4, 438 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-0866-1

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