| Enhancing understanding and recall of quantitative information about medical risks: a cross-cultural comparison between Germany and Spain. | |
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PMID: 21568179 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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In two experiments, we analyzed cross-cultural differences in understanding and recalling information about medical risks in two countries--Germany and Spain--whose students differ substantially in their quantitative literacy according to the 2003 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA; OECD, 2003, 2010). We further investigated whether risk understanding can be enhanced by using visual aids (Experiment 1), and whether different ways of describing risks affect recall (Experiment 2). Results showed that Spanish students are more vulnerable to misunderstanding and forgetting the risk information than their German counterparts. Spanish students, however, benefit more than German students from representing the risk information using ecologically rational formats--which exploit the way information is represented in the human mind. We concluded that our results can have important implications for clinical practice. |
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Rocio Garcia-Retamero; Mirta Galesic; Gerd Gigerenzer |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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Title: The Spanish journal of psychology Volume: 14 ISSN: 1138-7416 ISO Abbreviation: Span J Psychol Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-05-16 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101095192 Medline TA: Span J Psychol Country: Spain |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 218-26 Citation Subset: IM |
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Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Facultad de Psicologia, Universidad de Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain. rretamer@ugr.es |
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