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    "pk": 26266,
    "title": "Scarcity captures attention and induces neglect:\nEyetracking and behavioral evidence",
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    "abstract": "Resource scarcity poses challenging demands on the human\ncognitive system. Budgeting with limited resources induces an\nattentional focus on the problem at hand. This focus enhances\nprocessing of relevant information, but it also comes with a\ncost. Specifically, scarcity may cause a failure to notice\nbeneficial information that helps alleviate the condition of\nscarcity. In three experiments, participants were randomly\nassigned with a small budget (“the poor”) or a large budget\n(“the rich”) to order a meal from a restaurant menu. The poor\nparticipants looked longer at the prices of the items and\nrecalled the prices more accurately, compared to the rich\nparticipants. Importantly, the poor neglected a useful discount\nthat would save them money. This neglect may arise as a result\nof attentional narrowing, and help explain a range of counter-\nproductive behaviors of low-income individuals. The current\nfindings have important implications for public policy and\nservices for low-income individuals.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Poverty; visual attention; memory; encoding;\ndecision making;"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Brandon",
            "middle_name": "M.",
            "last_name": "Tomm",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of British Columbia",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Jiaying",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Zhao",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of British Columbia",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2016-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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