Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of an aide memoire.

Benjamin Brooks; Steven Curnin; Christine Owen; Chris Bearman

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Managing cognitive biases during disaster response: the development of an aide memoire.

May 20, 2020

Brooks B, Curnin S, Owen C, et al. Cogn Tech Work. 2020;22(2):249–261.

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Using marine spill disasters as an example, this article discusses the influence of cognitive biases during disaster response and the development of a memory aid to assist in managing their cognitive biases. These approaches may have applicability to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

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