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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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Autores principales: Blanco, Fernando, Barberia, Itxaso, Matute, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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