APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
How People Systematically Disregard Expert Advice When Forming Beliefs about Medical Treatments
- Yasemin Genc
City, University of London - Andreas Kappes
City, University of London - James Yearsley
City, University of London
Abstract
We developed an experimental paradigm to examine how people integrate clinical evidence and expert advice about medical treatments into their beliefs. Using descriptive Bayesian modeling we find that participants underweighted evidence when forming treatment beliefs, but underweighted expert advice (the primary method of communicating medical treatment efficacy) even more.
Decision Making
