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    "Working memory capacity predicts individual differences in social-distancing compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States"

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    Before vaccination and other intervention measures become available, successful containment of an unknown infectious disease critically relies on people’s voluntary compliance with the recommended social-distancing guidelines.

    This involves a decision process of prioritizing the merits of social distancing over its costs, which may depend on one’s ability to compare multiple pieces of potentially conflicting information regarding social distancing in working memory.

    Our data support this hypothesis, highlighting the critical role of one’s working memory capacity in social-distancing compliance during the early stage of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

    This observation reveals a core cognitive limitation in one’s response to a public health crisis and suggests a possible cognitive venue for the development of strategies to mitigate this challenge."

    The entire study: https://www.pnas.org/content/ear…

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    Basically scientifically saying dumb people just don't get it...

    And it's not only in the US, it's worldwide, to be fair.

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    • No, it's saying dumb people infer & extrapolate thin hypotheses and limited methodology to conjure simple explanations that make them feel right and superior
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    • 248.988 new cases today, seems the hypothesis is correct.
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