Brett Matthews

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Why do most central banks not include separations in long-digit currency values (1000 or 100000 etc)?

Commas, spaces and other separations in long digit-strings 1. facilitate user understanding, 2. reduce the risk that users will make interpretation errors, 3. reduce strain of human working...

08 August 2018 7,599 12 View

Have there been any studies of how unbanked people understand the financial system behind mobile money? Or how this 'system image' can be clarified?

I am using 'system image' in Don Norman's sense, as outlined in The Design of Everyday Things.

05 May 2018 4,939 0 View

Have there been studies that have analyzed monetization as a discrete variable in processes of financial inclusion?

Monetization levels vary widely by context and over time. Macro-level data is not very helpful because it jumbles many differently monetized contexts. Are there studies in behavioral economics,...

09 September 2015 2,553 2 View

Have there been any studies linking numeric cognition with livelihoods and environment?

Kelly Mix has shown that young children in urban US acquire elements of base-10 thinking as early as 3 years old. But would young children in African villages, where subsistence farming forms the...

01 January 1970 524 3 View

Have there been studies linking spatial reasoning skills with numeric cognition in unschooled/illiterate adults?

There is some evidence that spatial reasoning improves arithmetic skills in young children.

01 January 1970 6,909 5 View