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Diagnosing crime and diagnosing disease—part 1 and part 2.

October 13, 2018

Lockhart JJ, Satya-Murti S. J Forensic Sci. 2017;62(6):1534-1541.

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These reviews explore how bias can affect decision making in the forensic and clinical sciences. The first review introduces cognitive bias and suggests interdisciplinary approaches to reducing error. The second review focuses on visual processing and how context can help with debiasing to reduce diagnostic mistakes.

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