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The Sunk Cost and Concorde Effects: Are Humans Less Rational Than Lower Animals? by Arkes, Hal R, Ayton, Peter

“…The sunk cost effect is a maladaptive economic behavior that is manifested in a greater tendency to continue an endeavor once an investment in money, effort,…”
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Rapid enzyme analysis as a diagnostic tool for wound infection: Comparison between clinical judgment, microbiological analysis, and enzyme analysis by Blokhuis-Arkes, Miriam H.E., Haalboom, Marieke, van der Palen, Job, Heinzle, Andrea, Sigl, Eva, Guebitz, Georg, Beuk, Roland

“…In clinical practice, diagnosis of wound infection is based on the classical clinical signs of infection. When infection is suspected, wounds are often swabbed…”
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Wound swab and wound biopsy yield similar culture results by Haalboom, Marieke, Blokhuis‐Arkes, Miriam H.E., Beuk, Roland J., Klont, Rob, Guebitz, Georg, Heinzle, Andrea, van der Palen, Job

“…The question remains whether wound swabs yield similar culture results to the traditional gold standard, biopsies. Swabs are not invasive and easy to perform…”
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Culture results from wound biopsy versus wound swab: does it matter for the assessment of wound infection? by Haalboom, M., Blokhuis-Arkes, M.H.E., Beuk, R.J., Meerwaldt, R., Klont, R., Schijffelen, M.J., Bowler, P.B., Burnet, M., Sigl, E., van der Palen, J.A.M.

“…The aim of this study was to determine whether assessment of wound infection differs when culture results from wound biopsy versus wound swab are available in…”
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Costs and Benefits of Judgment Errors: Implications for Debiasing by Arkes, Hal R

“…Some authors questioned the ecological validity of judgmental biases demonstrated in the laboratory. One objection to these demonstrations is that evolutionary…”
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Ineffectiveness of the SUPPORT Intervention: Review of Explanations by Lynn, Joanne, DeVries, Kier Olsen, Arkes, Hal R., Stevens, Marguerite, Cohn, Felicia, Murphy, Pat, Covinsky, Kenneth E., Hamel, Mary Beth, Dawson, Neal V., Tsevat, Joel

“…BACKGROUND: The aim of the Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatments — SUPPORT — was to improve the care of seriously…”
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Reference point adaptation: Tests in the domain of security trading by Arkes, Hal R., Hirshleifer, David, Jiang, Danling, Lim, Sonya

“…According to prospect theory [Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk, Econometrica, 47, 263–292], gains and…”
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Combining Expert Opinions by Arkes, Hal R., Mumpower, Jeryl L., Stewart, Thomas R.

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A national survey of psychologists who offer neuropsychological services by Guilmette, Thomas J., Faust, David, Hart, Kathleen, Arkes, Hal R.

“…We conducted a national survey of psychologists who offer neuropsychological services to determine levels of training, current practices, and views on…”
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Eliminating the Hindsight Bias by Arkes, Hal R, Faust, David, Guilmette, Thomas J, Hart, Kathleen

“…Those who consider the likelihood of an event after it has occurred exaggerate their likelihood of having been able to predict that event in advance. We…”
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The Influence of Decision Aids on High School Students’ Satisfaction with their College Choice Decision by Kmett, Carla M., Arkes, Hal R., Jones, Steven K.

“…Research by Wilson suggests that examining the bases of one’s decision can lower satisfaction with the outcome of that decision. However, several investigators…”
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Hindsight bias: an impediment to accurate probability estimation in clinicopathologic conferences by Dawson, N V, Arkes, H R, Siciliano, C, Blinkhorn, R, Lakshmanan, M, Petrelli, M

“…Although clinicopathologic conferences (CPCs) have been valued for teaching differential diagnosis, their instructional value may be compromised by hindsight…”
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Systematic errors in medical decision making: judgment limitations by Dawson, N V, Arkes, H R

“…Much of medical practice involves the exercise of such basic cognitive tasks as estimating probabilities and synthesizing information. Scientists studying…”
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"Autonomy" and the "quality of life": the dismantling of moral terms by Arkes, H

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Preference reversals in evaluations of cash versus non-cash incentives by Shaffer, Victoria A., Arkes, Hal R.

“…Data are presented from six experiments that demonstrate preference reversals for cash versus non-cash incentives. When given a hypothetical choice between…”
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Once more unto the breach: the right to die--again by Arkes, H

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Impediments to accurate clinical judgment and possible ways to minimize their impact by Arkes, Hal R

“…Recent research in cognitive psychology has begun to uncover some of the factors that make clinical judgment a difficult task. Five impediments to accurate…”
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Neuropsychologists' Capacity to Detect Adolescent Malingerers by Faust, David, Hart, Kathleen, Guilmette, Thomas J, Arkes, Hal R

“…Malingering on neuropsychological testing is little studied but increasingly relevant, given the growth of forensic neuropsychology. We performed a two-part…”
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Consensus Statement on Perioperative Use of Neuromuscular Monitoring by Naguib, Mohamed, Brull, Sorin J., Kopman, Aaron F., Hunter, Jennifer M., Fülesdi, Béla, Arkes, Hal R., Elstein, Arthur, Todd, Michael M., Johnson, Ken B.

“…A panel of clinician scientists with expertise in neuromuscular blockade (NMB) monitoring was convened with a charge to prepare a consensus statement on…”
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A demonstration of the costs and benefits of expertise in recognition memory by ARKES, H. R, FREEDMAN, M. R

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