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The Lack of Side Effects of an Ineffective Treatment Facilitates the Development of a Belief in Its Effectiveness
Some alternative medicines enjoy widespread use, and in certain situations are preferred over conventional, validated treatments in spite of the fact that they fail to prove effective when tested scientifically. We propose that the causal illusion, a basic cognitive bias, underlies the belief in the...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3885525/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24416194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084084 |