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. 2021 Oct 14;11:20423. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99438-y

Table 1.

Examples of verbatim participant responses by category.

Committed positive Committed negative Exposed to positive Exposed to negative NonERB
Experiment 1

I recycled my bottle

Bought a solar panel and inverter for my house

I took a quick shower

Used plastic bags for garbage

Burning wood

Used energy to watch tv

I saw some people driving Tesla

Watched an interview on tv about carbon credits

Saw somebody throw rubbish from their car

Watched a documentary about water pollution in China

I read a book

Sleeping

Made fun of someone behind his back

Experiment 2

Wash laundry with cold water

I replaced all the lighting in my house with LED bulbs

We had totally vegetarian meal

I took an extra long shower to relax

I tossed trash on the ground because there was no garbage can near by

I threw my cigarette out the car window

Listened to a speech about the green new deal

I read an article about a device in the ocean that will suck up garbage

Saw a sign at the gym about a recycling program

Trump says windmills cause cancer

My dad told me about the coral reefs being destroyed

I had seen an video on world’s most polluted river located in Indonesia

Helped my wife with the dishes

I told a joke to a friend

I danced with my 2 year old