The Association for Psychological Science featured a brief review of Edward Cokely’s recent risk literacy research in their “observations” section.
From Tech Today.
Visual Aids Can Help People Better Understand Health Risks
In a new article, researchers Rocio Garcia-Retamero of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and Edward Cokely of Michigan Technological University discuss the important role that visual aids can play in communicating health-related information. The article is published in the October 2013 issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science.
Read more at Association for Psychological Science (APS) Observations.
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The APS has written a new review of Edward Cokely’s (CLS) work in the observer column, “Teaching Current Directions In Psychological Science”. The article focuses on “How Psychological Science can Support Smarter Medical Decisions.”
From Tech Today.
Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
How Psychological Science Can Support Smarter Medical Decisions
Making smart, well-reasoned medical decisions. Two new Current Directions in Psychological Science articles — by APS Fellow Hal Arkes on hindsight biases in real medical decisions, and by Rocio Garcia-Retamero and Edward Cokely on harnessing visual aids to better communicate health risks — beautifully illustrate psychology’s contribution to informed medical decision-making:
Read more at APS Observer, by C. Nathan DeWall and David G. Myers.