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Dec. 16, 2022

In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Mental Health Impacts of Fraud in AARP Magazine

AARP

December 16, 2022

In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Mental Health Impacts of Fraud in AARP Magazine

“. . . when they just admitted that they had lost this money, they were able to start the healing,” Wood says.

June 12, 2020

In the Media: Stacey Wood Explains the Psychological Techniques Behind Coronavirus Scams to AARP

Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and Professor of Psychology Stacey Wood explained some of the psychological techniques behind coronavirus scams to AARP. One of these tactics involves pressuring people to act quickly, which can exacerbate pandemic-related anxieties about employment and supply scarcity.