How I got started: Teaching physicians and judges risk literacy

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 612-614

  Gigerenzer, Gerd ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; ILLUSION; LAWYER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIST; READING; RESEARCH; RISK; TEACHING;

EID: 84904747847     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2980     Document Type: Article

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