Cognitive mechanisms underlying anchoring bias in diagnosis: a randomized controlled experiment

Diagnosis · Published 2026-05-13 · DOI 10.1515/dx-2025-0181

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Sílvia Mamede, Henk G. Schmidt, Francisco Carlos Specian Junior, LigiaCayres Ribeiro, Marco Antonio de Carvalho Filho, Bruno Augusto Goulart Campos, Dario Cecilio Fernandes

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2026

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Mamede, S., Schmidt, H., Junior, F., et al. (2026). Cognitive mechanisms underlying anchoring bias in diagnosis: a randomized controlled experiment. Diagnosis. https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2025-0181

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