Enhancing Understanding and Recall of Quantitative Information about Medical Risks: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Germany and Spain

  1. García-Retamero Imedio, Rocío
  2. Galesic, Mirta
  3. Gigerenzer, Gerd
Revista:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 14

Número: 1

Páginas: 218-226

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.5209/REV_SJOP.2011.V14.N1.19 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

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We thank those who participated in the survey or provided feedback about the design of the study and data analyses. We also thank Anita Todd for editing the manuscript. This study was funded by the project “How to Improve Understanding of Risks about Health (PSI2008–02019)’’ funded by the MICINN (Spain). Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Rocio Garcia-Retamero. Departamento de Psicologia Experimental, Facultad de Psicologia. Universidad de Granada. Campus Universitario de Cartuja s/n. 18071 Granada. (Spain). Phone: +34-958246240, Fax: +34-958246239. E-mail: rretamer@ugr.es

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