Using comprehensive feature lists to bias medical diagnosis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 563-572

  Kulatunga Moruzi, Chan ^a   Brooks, Lee R ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SKIN DISEASE; VISION;

DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN DISEASES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 2442477368     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.30.3.563     Document Type: Article

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