A signal detection analysis of gist-based discrimination of genetic breast cancer risk

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 613-622

  Fisher, Christopher R ^a   Wolfe, Christopher R ^a   Reyna, Valerie F ^b   Widmer, Colin L ^a   Cedillos, Elizabeth M ^a   Brust Renck, Priscilla G ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fuzzy trace theory; Genetic breast cancer risk; Risk assessment; Signal detection theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIGREE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEACHING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881579676     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-013-0364-8     Document Type: Article

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