What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Law
- Social psychology
- Social science
Microeconomics, Social psychology, Game theory, Punishment and Evolutionary game theory are his primary areas of study.
His Social psychology study incorporates themes from Incentive, Strong reciprocity, Cognitive Reflection Test and News media.
He combines subjects such as Cooperative behavior and Set with his study of Game theory.
His Punishment research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Empirical evidence, Interpersonal relationship and Dilemma.
His Evolutionary game theory research includes themes of Biological evolution, Pairwise comparison and Prisoner's dilemma.
His studies in Stochastic game integrate themes in fields like Repeated game and Ultimatum game.
His most cited work include:
- The online laboratory: conducting experiments in a real labor market (951 citations)
- Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. (915 citations)
- Spontaneous giving and calculated greed (730 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
David G. Rand mainly investigates Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Dictator game, Microeconomics and Game theory.
The various areas that David G. Rand examines in his Social psychology study include Incentive, Cognitive style and Prisoner's dilemma.
David G. Rand has researched Cognitive psychology in several fields, including Feeling, Deliberation and Social dilemma.
His Microeconomics study often links to related topics such as Reputation.
David G. Rand is studying Evolutionary game theory, which is a component of Game theory.
His work investigates the relationship between Punishment and topics such as Selfishness that intersect with problems in Third-party punishment and Heuristics.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (39.42%)
- Cognitive psychology (13.91%)
- Dictator game (13.04%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2018-2021)?
- Social psychology (39.42%)
- Social media (7.25%)
- Misinformation (5.51%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Social psychology, Social media, Misinformation, Fake news and Cognitive psychology.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Cognitive Reflection Test, Cognitive style and Dictator.
His Social media research incorporates elements of Credibility and Headline.
His research integrates issues of Quality, News media, Layperson, Mainstream and Internet privacy in his study of Misinformation.
The concepts of his Fake news study are interwoven with issues in Intervention and Content.
His work in Cognitive psychology addresses subjects such as Deliberation, which are connected to disciplines such as Deception.
Between 2018 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. (915 citations)
- Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning. (274 citations)
- Fighting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media: Experimental Evidence for a Scalable Accuracy-Nudge Intervention. (217 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Social psychology
- Social science
His scientific interests lie mostly in Social psychology, News media, Social media, Politics and Misinformation.
He conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Social psychology and Intuition through his works.
His News media study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Reflexivity, Intervention, Headline, Fake news and Discernment.
His research in Social media intersects with topics in Global health, Public health and Pandemic.
His work carried out in the field of Politics brings together such families of science as Social science and MEDLINE.
His Misinformation study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Mainstream, Advertising and Layperson.
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