Do clinicians decide relying primarily on Bayesians principles or on Gestalt perception? Some pearls and pitfalls of Gestalt perception in medicine

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 513-519

  Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a   Borghi, Loris ^b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UO Diagnostica Ematochimica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bayes; Clinical judgment; Electrocardiogram; Gestalt; Imaging; Perception

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTALT PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84904731887     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-014-1049-8     Document Type: Article

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