What was the best predictor of compliance with #publicHealth officials' recommendations to wash hands, stay at home, wear masks in public, etc. in April and May of 2020?

In our data (N ≅ 1000 people in the U.S), it was #effectiveAltruism (believing we have a duty to help if it doesn't make things worse)

The best predictor of flouting public health recommendations?

Preferring #liberty to #equality.

And we didn't detect an #identifiableVictomEffect.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104649

#cogSci #xPhi