Medicine
Clinical Reasoning Biases in Diagnostic Errors
Quick fact
Autopsy studies consistently show that diagnostic errors occur in about 10-15% of cases, with cognitive biases such as premature closure and anchoring contributing significantly to these errors.
Why this is interesting
You're a doctor with a patient complaining of chest pain. Your first guess is a heart attack, and you're already ordering tests. But could that very first guess be leading you astray?