主讲人：Jiaying Zhao（赵佳颖）

时间：2021年12月2日（周四）上午10：00

地点：腾讯会议ID：422361508

题目：Cognitive mechanisms of scarcity

主讲人简介：赵佳颖博士毕业于普林斯顿大学，现在是University of British Columbia的副教授和Canada Research Chair，现就职于心理学系和资源、环境与可持续发展研究所，并同时供职于加州大学伯克利分校的Center for Effective Global Action。她主要使用心理学的原理来设计面向可持续发展挑战的行为解决方案。特别地，赵佳颖教授通过实验验证稀缺对于认知的影响，并设计反贫困的干预措施和通过随机化的实验来进行检验。她在博士期间完成的论文即发表于Science期刊并产生重大的影响力。

摘要: Scarcity is pervasive, experienced by anyone who lacks resources (e.g. money, time). Coping with scarcity poses budgetary concerns and preoccupations, consumes cognitive resources, and as a result elicits a range of counter-productive behaviors such as negligence and poor planning. In this talk, I present a cognitive framework that demonstrates that scarcity elicits attentional tradeoffs, leading to heightened focus and better memory recall, but also causing neglect and forgetting of beneficial information. These cognitive impacts are particularly problematic because they can further perpetuate the condition of scarcity, resulting in a vicious cycle. To mitigate the cognitive effects of scarcity, I discuss a few interventions (e.g., self-affirmation, unconditional cash transfers) with low-income individuals, and provide some suggestions to improve public policy and services for low-income individuals.