TY - JOUR
T1 - Heat and fraud
T2 - evaluating how room temperature influences fraud likelihood
AU - Liu, Huanxu
AU - Yang, Jingwen
AU - Yamada, Yuki
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI (JP15H05709, JP16H01866, JP17H00875, JP18H04199, JP18K12015, and JP20H04581).
Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge Fumiya Yonemitsu, Naoto Yoshimura, Xue Wu, Haoqin Xu, Ayumi Ikeda, and Wen Guo for supporting data collection.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Despite the considerable amount of research devoted to understanding fraud, few studies have examined how the physical environment can influence the likelihood of committing fraud. One recent study found a link between room brightness and occurrence of human fraud behaviors. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate how temperature may affect fraud. Based on a power analysis using the effect size observed in a pilot study, we recruited 105 participants and randomly divided them into three temperature groups (warm, medium, and cool). We then counted fraud behaviors in each group and tested for potential significant differences with a Kruskal–Wallis test. Additionally, we used a correlation analysis to determine whether the perceived temperature affected fraud. As a result, regardless of participants’ subjective sensory experience or their physical environment, we did not find that temperature-related factors influence the incidence of fraud. We discussed the potential reason for the results and suggested directions for future research.
AB - Despite the considerable amount of research devoted to understanding fraud, few studies have examined how the physical environment can influence the likelihood of committing fraud. One recent study found a link between room brightness and occurrence of human fraud behaviors. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate how temperature may affect fraud. Based on a power analysis using the effect size observed in a pilot study, we recruited 105 participants and randomly divided them into three temperature groups (warm, medium, and cool). We then counted fraud behaviors in each group and tested for potential significant differences with a Kruskal–Wallis test. Additionally, we used a correlation analysis to determine whether the perceived temperature affected fraud. As a result, regardless of participants’ subjective sensory experience or their physical environment, we did not find that temperature-related factors influence the incidence of fraud. We discussed the potential reason for the results and suggested directions for future research.
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U2 - 10.1186/s41235-020-00261-2
DO - 10.1186/s41235-020-00261-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 33211204
AN - SCOPUS:85096315854
VL - 5
JO - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
JF - Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications
SN - 2365-7464
IS - 1
M1 - 60
ER -