Garcia-Retamero Rocio, Sobkow Agata, Petrova Dafina, Garrido Dunia, Traczyk Jakub
Universidad de Granada (Spain).
SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Poland).
Span J Psychol. 2019 Mar 20;22:E10. doi: 10.1017/sjp.2019.16.
Numerical skills are essential to make informed decisions in our daily life. Unfortunately, many people lack basic numeracy, which limits their ability to accurately interpret risks (i.e., risk literacy). In this paper, we provide an overview of research investigating the role of numeracy in two prominent domains, where most research was concentrated, health and finance. We summarize what has been learned so far in these domains and suggest promising venues for future research. We conclude that it is important to conduct interventions to improve numeracy in less numerate individuals and to help them make informed decisions and achieve better life outcomes.
数字技能对于在我们日常生活中做出明智决策至关重要。不幸的是，许多人缺乏基本的算术能力，这限制了他们准确解读风险的能力（即风险素养）。在本文中，我们概述了关于算术能力在两个突出领域（大多数研究集中于此），即健康和金融领域所起作用的研究。我们总结了目前在这些领域所学到的知识，并提出了未来研究的有前景的方向。我们得出结论，对算术能力较低的个体进行干预以提高其算术能力，并帮助他们做出明智决策并取得更好的生活成果，这一点很重要。
