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Irregular stimulus distribution increases the negative footprint illusion
Department of Building Engineering, Energy Systems and Sustainability Science, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7584-2275
School of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.
Department of Psychology and Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0902-4343
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Social Sciences, Technology and Arts, Humans and Technology. School of Psychology and Computer Science, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9494-1287
2022 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, ISSN 0036-5564, E-ISSN 1467-9450, Vol. 63, no 5, p. 530-535Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

As a climate change mitigation strategy, environmentally certified ‘green’ buildings with low carbon footprints are becoming more prevalent in the world. An interesting psychological question is how people perceive the carbon footprint of these buildings given their spatial distributions in a given community. Here we examine whether regular distribution (i.e., buildings organized in a block) or irregular distribution (i.e., buildings randomly distributed) influences people's perception of the carbon footprint of the communities. We first replicated the negative footprint illusion, the tendency to estimate a lower carbon footprint of a combined group of environmentally certified green buildings and ordinary conventional buildings, than the carbon footprint of the conventional buildings alone. Importantly, we found that irregular distribution of the buildings increased the magnitude of the negative footprint illusion. Potential applied implications for urban planning of green buildings are discussed.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2022. Vol. 63, no 5, p. 530-535
Keywords [en]
negative footprint illusion, perceived numerosity, spatial distribution
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Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
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Engineering Psychology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-90869DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12829ISI: 000854979500013PubMedID: 35607836Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85130605424OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-90869DiVA, id: diva2:1663424
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Validerad;2022;Nivå 2;2022-09-26 (hanlid)

Available from: 2022-06-02 Created: 2022-06-02 Last updated: 2022-09-30Bibliographically approved

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