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Are first impressions misleading? This commentary explores that question by drawing on the more general cognitive psychology literature aimed at understanding when, why, and how any non-analytic reasoning process can help or hurt decision-making.
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Eva, K. To a fault. Adv in Health Sci Educ 28, 537–540 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-022-10181-z
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