Chapter 1 Personality and Risk: Beyond Daredevils— Risk Taking from a Temperament Perspective

Chapter 2 Individual Differences in the Judgment of Risks: Sociodemographic Characteristics, Cultural Orientation, and Level of Expertise

Chapter 3 Differences in Risk Perception Between Hazards and Between Individuals

Chapter 4 Cognitive, Developmental, and Neurobiological Aspects of Risk Judgments

Chapter 5 Emotional Aspects of Risk Perceptions

Chapter 6 The Group Effect: Social Influences on Risk Identification, Analysis, and Decision Making

Chapter 7 The Use of Heuristics in Decision Making Under Risk and Uncertainty

Chapter 9 Cognitive Architectures as Scaffolding for Risky Choice Models

Chapter 10 Risk Culture: An Alternative Approach to Handling Risks

Chapter 11 Communicating Risks: Principles and Challenges

Chapter 12 Improving Understanding of Health-Relevant Numerical Information

Chapter 13 Developing Health Risk Communications: Four Lessons Learned

Chapter 14 Measuring Subjective Risk Estimates

Chapter 15 Risk and Uncertainty in the Insurance Industry

Chapter 16 Implications for Risk Governance