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Person, place, or preference? Combining subjective and objective decision agency with choice preferences predicts behavior during major shifts in human mobility

2025-09-12

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Human mobility plays a crucial role in shaping outcomes such as disease transmission dynamics, economic trends, and access to critical services. In this study, we explored the interplay between decision preferences, public health policy, and mobility patterns during a recent, near-universal shift in human behavior: the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. We surveyed N = 1049 residents capturing three key decision-...

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Literature Corpus work: 9b78c3e5-e515-5c43-9c40-f2399aa76828
DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.08.25335351

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